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Barristers

Sophie Connors

Sophie Connors

4PB, London

Work Department

Financial Remedies; International Children Law; Private Children Law; Public Children Law; Private FDR and Early Neutral Evaluation; Direct Access

Position

Sophie Connors is barrister specialising in matrimonial finance and private law children work. Her parallel strengths in these areas allow her to represent clients throughout their relationship breakdown.  She is a tenacious advocate who combines practical, sensible and proportionate advice with a determination to get the best outcome in every possible case. She undertakes work at all court levels including frequently undertaking cases with an international element and representing high net worth clients. She has extremely good relationships with her solicitors and lay clients alike.

Family Finance

Sophie is equally experienced in matrimonial finance and schedule 1 proceedings. She frequently acts for High-Net-Worth clients in both areas. She considers it exceptionally important to keep proportionality in mind no matter the size of the case.

Private children law

Sophie has a broad practice covering all areas of private law children work with a particular emphasis on relocation cases and complex cases where contact might have broken down.

Non court resolution

Sophie undertakes private FDR hearings as an adjudicator.

Sophie regularly undertakes work for The Divorce Surgery and relishes the opportunity to assist parties in resolving their financial arrangements post-separation as amicably as possible.

Career

Year of Call: 2009

Memberships

FLBA and Women in Family Law

Education

BA (Hons) (First Class) Modern History, Christ Church, Oxford: 2004-2007 Bar Vocational Course, Inns of Court School of Law, 2008 Graduate Diploma in Law, College of Law, 2007

Mentions

London Bar

Family: children and domestic abuse

Leading junior6
Sophie Connors – 4PB ‘Sophie is an incredibly skilled and forceful advocate who can turn a case around in the most challenging circumstances. Her preparation and client care is first-class.’
London Bar

Family: divorce and financial remedy

Leading junior4
Sophie Connors –4PB ‘Sophie is an excellent barrister, always impeccably prepared, very generous with her time, very robust and able to think quickly on her feet.’