Laura Payne

Laura's experience includes:

• acting for a US client in a series of liability insurance arbitrations concerning losses in excess of $300m arising from one of its products installed in residential homes
• acting for a FTSE 100 global pharmaceutical company in two significant Bermuda Form (product liability insurance) arbitrations, concerning claims totalling in excess of US$2bn
• acting for GlaxoSmithKline in defence of a large product liability group action in relation to one of its antidepressants, Seroxat
• acting for Weyerhaeuser Company in responding to anti-suit injunctions obtained by XL and Catlin ([2018] EWHC 3609 (Comm)), and Hiscox and Starr ([2019] EWHC 2671 (Comm))
• representing Rathbone Brothers Plc and an individual trustee / former employee of a Rathbones subsidiary in English Commercial Court and Court of Appeal proceedings in relation to a claim under the excess layer of Rathbones' 2008/09 civil liability insurance programme ([2013] EWHC 3457 (Comm) and [2014] EWCA Civ 1464).

• Oxford University, English Language and Literature 
• GDL and LPC, BPP Law School

• Association of Insurance and Risk Managers in Industry and Commerce (AIRMIC)
• British Insurance Law Association (BILA)

Laura Payne is a real pleasure to work with. She is the engine room of the team who has an amazing ability to recall all relevant details and documents. Exceptionally bright and hard working

Insurance Mainly Policyholders – Legal 500 2023

Brings focus and clarity to complex material

Insurance Mainly Policyholders – Legal 500 2022