St John's Chambers

Children Private Law, Children Public Law, Divorce & Financial Remedy, Part IV Family Law Act 1996

Call : 2015

Sophie is a specialist family law practitioner with a thriving junior practice across all of our family law practice areas, including:

Children Private Law Children Public Law Divorce & Financial Remedies Part IV Family Law Act 1996 Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989

Sophie contributes to the Transparency Project blog, Family Law Week and co-authors the Financial Remedies Update in the FLBA’s “Family Affairs” publication. Sophie has worked this year as a Qualified Legal Representative and undertaken pro bono work through Advocate.

Sophie worked for two years in the family team of a highly respected national law firm assisting on children cases. She also spent a period of time working on public law children cases in the Children’s Services Legal Team at a Local Authority in the South West and volunteering with the National Centre for Domestic Violence.

Family Law Bar Association (FLBA) Western Circuit

University of Law BPTC – Very Competent University of Sussex LLB (Hons) “Highly Commended” prize – Bar Council’s Law Reform Essay Competition (2017) Joseph Jackson Scholarship (Major Award) – Middle Temple (2014) Blackstone Entrance Exhibition – Middle Temple (2014) Scholarship – University of Law (2014) Winner – The Crown Prosecution Service Mooting Competition (2013) Sophie has completed the FLBA Vulnerable Witness Advocacy Training