Louise has a calm and collected manner with focused cross-examination skills.”

The Legal 500 2025, Inquests and Inquiries

Louise is the Deputy Head of the Clinical Negligence team and has extensive experience of acting for both individuals and health providers in clinical negligence claims involving a wide variety of injury and allegations of breach. Louise has particular experience of representing interested persons at lengthy inquests and then seeing the matter through to the conclusion of the civil claim, using the information gleaned from the inquest itself, to inform the progression of those claims.

Louise is acutely aware of how stressful the litigation process is for both individual claimants and clinicians alike. She is able to tackle the difficult issues head on but with sensitivity and care.

Notable cases:

  • Acting for a healthcare provider in an inquest following an alleged delay in referral to the surgical team.
  • Acting for the claimant in a claim following a delay in diagnosis of a tumour. Settled on favourable terms.
  • Acting for the MOD in a claim involving multiple defendants and arising out of allegations of a delay in diagnosis of cancer.

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Louise has a calm and collected manner with focused cross-examination skills.”

The Legal 500 2025, Inquests and Inquiries

Louise has a calm and collected manner with focused cross-examination skills.

The Legal 500 2025, Inquests and Inquiries

Louise is an effective performer, able to balance robust positions for her clients, while being sensitive to the necessary style of inquest advocacy.

Chambers UK 2025, Inquests & Public Inquiries

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  • Qualifications & awards:

    • Louise is on the Attorney General’s Regional Panel.
    • Louise studied French at the Université d’Aix-Marseille before commencing her law degree. During the course of her four year law degree at the University of Exeter, she spent one year at the University of Robert Schuman in Strasbourg studying French Law and obtained the Certificate D’Études Juridiques Français. She speaks proficient French.
    • After completing her degree she undertook the Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law.
    • Louise completed a twelve month pupillage at Six Pump Court and joined Walnut House Chambers as a tenant in March 2010. Before starting her pupillage, Louise spent a year working as a paralegal in the litigation department of Clarkslegal, a commercial law firm.
    • Louise was awarded the Sir Thomas Moore Bursary during her BVC year and the Cholmley Studentship during pupillage

  • Professional memberships:

    • Member of the Personal Injury Bar Association.

  • Louise Asprey is regulated by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) and holds a current practising certificate. If you are not satisfied with the service provided, please read here.