Laura Chapman

Laura Chapman is an experienced solicitor specialising in representing individuals whose human rights have been violated by the state and its agents. Her practice focuses on holding public authorities to account through civil claims for compensation, police complaints, and public law challenges. Her cases often engage broader public interest issues and involve historical miscarriages of justice, allegations of serious police corruption and the criminalisation of political dissent. Laura is also an experienced inquest and public inquiries lawyer. She acts for bereaved families of those who have died in state custody or following contact with the state, during inquest proceedings, and is currently acting for clients in the Undercover Policing Inquiry. Laura is deeply committed to protecting the fundamental rights of her clients and using the law as a means to help people achieve accountability, justice and compensation, where their rights are infringed. · Hickman & Rose

EnglandHuman Rights, Public Law

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Laura Chapman is a solicitor at Hickman & Rose who specialises in representing individuals whose human rights have been violated by the state and its agents, focusing on civil claims for compensation, police complaints, public law challenges and inquest work. She qualified as a solicitor in 2022, joined Hickman & Rose in 2024, and acts for bereaved families and clients in matters including the Undercover Policing Inquiry.

Practice areas

Human RightsPublic LawCivil LitigationInquests & Public InquiriesPolice Misconduct

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England

Hickman & Rose · Laura Chapman is an experienced solicitor specialising in representing individuals whose human rights have been violated by the state and its agents. Her practice focuses on holding public authorities to account through civil claims for compensation, police complaints, and public law challenges. Her cases often engage broader public interest issues and involve historical miscarriages of justice, allegations of serious police corruption and the criminalisation of political dissent. Laura is also an experienced inquest and public inquiries lawyer. She acts for bereaved families of those who have died in state custody or following contact with the state, during inquest proceedings, and is currently acting for clients in the Undercover Policing Inquiry. Laura is deeply committed to protecting the fundamental rights of her clients and using the law as a means to help people achieve accountability, justice and compensation, where their rights are infringed.

England

Expertise

Actions against public authoritiesHistorical miscarriages of justiceAllegations of serious police corruptionCriminalisation of political dissentRepresentation of bereaved families in state-custody deathsUndercover Policing Inquiry matters

Admissions

Qualified as a solicitor (2022)