• Lauren Twidale

  • Senior Associate
  • Commercial and IP Disputes
Lauren Twidale

  • “Lauren Twidale's legal knowledge and capacity to make short-term and long-term assessments has been exceptional.”

    Legal 500 2025

  • “Lauren Twidale is a very impressive associate with a very bright future. She is already handling complex litigation.”

    Legal 500 2024

  • “Lauren Twidale provides a truly exceptional service. Her attention to detail is second to none. Highly responsive and highly supportive.”

    Legal 500 2023

  • “I would just like to say a huge thank you to all at Hamlins for their incredible hard work and support during my claim period. They have made the whole process very simple and easy for me to understand, with regular contact, updates and support along the way. I always felt at ease and had the greatest confidence in them. I am extremely pleased with the outcome. With a special thanks to Lauren Twidale who fully delivered everything she said they would. Thanks again.”

    Former reality TV star

  • “The team involved in our case were absolutely fantastic. They were very understanding, caring and thoughtful. They made us feel very comfortable whenever they dealt with us. Very genuine, kind and decent company to deal with. Would highly recommend. They got us the justice we deserved and we appreciate everything they've done for us.”

    Clare & Paul Wylie (private individuals)

  • “I am so pleased Channel 5 has publicly apologised to us to today for the serious invasion of our privacy. The programme has caused us great distress and I feel that we can now start to put this behind us. I would like to thank the fantastic Hamlins Media Disputes department – in particular Lauren Twidale, Daniel Shaw, and Meera Khunti and Anna Seal – for fighting our corner and obtaining justice on our behalf.”

    Private individual

  • “From our initial meeting to our final communications after receiving our long and hard-fought for damages, the entire team at Hamlins has been nothing less than exemplary. Every email has been answered promptly and efficiently, every phone call handled professionally. Meeting Alex and the team on numerous occasions has proved them to be empathetic, understanding, professional and driven to get the right and just result. We were anxious before our first meeting but Alex, Lauren, Meera and Anna were all extremely friendly, professional and understanding of the horrible experiences we had received from C5. Those feelings were swept aside in minutes. The level of respect and understanding we were treated with was first-rate. Having had bad service from solicitors in the past, we can honestly say that Hamlins are in a class of their own. We would recommend them without hesitation.”

    Stuart and Clare Marler (private individuals)

  • “Hamlins LLP and in particular Lauren Twidale and Meera Khunti in their Media Team, made the process of my claim very simple. I felt supported and that they acted in my best interests at all times. A truly professional and personable team who I would highly recommend.”

    Laurun Potts (private individual)

  • “Hamlins have represented me on 2 separate occasions and I would highly recommend them to anyone in my position! Not only did I get fantastic results but I felt very comfortable with everything along the way! Great friendly professional people who are simply the best at what they do!”

    Client recommendation
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About Lauren

Lauren is a Senior Associate working across our Commercial & IP Disputes and Media Disputes teams.

Lauren has experience with a range of commercial litigation matters with a particular focus on the media sector. She has acted for a number of high-profile individuals including members of the royal family, actors, singers, sportspeople and politicians, as well as private individuals and companies. Lauren advises on all areas of media disputes including defamation, privacy, data protection, breach of confidence, malicious falsehood, reputation management and copyright infringement.

Lauren has extensive experience acting for individuals bringing claims against publishers and broadcasters for the misuse of their private information. She has also successfully assisted in preventing publication of her client’s private information.

She has experience providing pre-publication advice and removal of defamatory content published online.

In addition, Lauren assists with general commercial litigation matters for a range of clients including timeshare and holiday companies as well as a large hotel brand.

Lauren is recognised as a Recommended Lawyer by Legal 500.

Work Highlights

  • Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex v Associated Newspapers Limited – acting for the Claimant in his misuse of private information claim against the Defendant in respect of unlawful information gathering at the newspaper.
  • R .(on the application of Shawbrook Bank Ltd) v Financial Ombudsman Service Ltd – acting for two timeshare companies as interested parties in the Judicial Review against FOS.
  • Turley v Unite and Walker – acting for the Claimant in a claim for libel, breach of the Data Protection Act, and misuse of private information/ breach of confidence in relation to an article published on an online blog.
  • Ali and Aslam v Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited – acting for the Claimants in the landmark case against Channel 5 for the misuse of private information relating to the broadcast of a couple’s eviction from their home on the television programme “Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away”.
  • Various v News Group Newspapers Limited – assisting in the firm’s role as Lead Solicitor in the group phone hacking litigation as well as advising Claimants on their individual claims against the News of the World and The Sun for misuse of private information by voicemail interception and other unlawful information gathering.
  • Various v MGN Limited– advising Claimants in bringing claims against the Mirror Group newspapers for misuse of private information by voicemail interception and other unlawful information gathering.