Sophie Belgrove

Barrister information

Practice Areas

Sophie Belgrove is a highly regarded specialist in employment law and commercial litigation. She advises and represents clients in the Employment Tribunal, the High Court and the appellate courts. She is accustomed to acting in significant high value disputes, especially in whistleblowing cases and in all areas of discrimination (in particular sex, race, disability, age and sexual orientation) and equal pay, both as sole counsel and as junior to leading silks at the Bar. She has exceptional expertise in disputes in the financial sector, which frequently involve commercially sensitive matters and external regulatory issues, and in high profile cases involving the media. She is often involved from an early stage and has substantial experience of applications at short notice for interim relief, specific disclosure applications and strike out applications. She is experienced in complex litigation in particular urgent applications for injunctive relief and business protection disputes in the High Court relating to confidential information, restraint of trade and breach of fiduciary duties.

Career

Called 2001; Middle Temple Benefactors Scholarship and Harmsworth Entrance Exhibition (2000).

Professional Memberships

ELBA, ELA, COMBAR, LCLCBA

Personal

BA (Oxon)