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 is the co-author of the Financial Remedies Update in the FLBA’s “Family Affairs” magazine.

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.

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  • Qualifications & awards:

    • 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) – The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple (2014)
    • Blackstone Entrance Exhibition – The Honourable Society of the 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

  • Professional memberships:

    • Family Law Bar Association (FLBA)
    • Western Circuit

  • Sophie Smith-Holland 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.