Lauren is General Counsel and Monitoring Officer for the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames.  She qualified as a solicitor in 2009 and has spent much of her career in local government organisations with social care responsibilities.

Lauren has significant expertise in the law relating to child protection, with particular focus on Child Sexual Exploitation, cases involving international issues, and the law relating to Asylum Seeking Children.  She is passionate about working with organisations that can make a tangible difference to communities, and particularly for securing good outcomes for children, young people and their families.