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Sarah Holmes-Willis

Year of Call:

1999

Education:   

St Thomas More RC Comprehensive School.
BA Hons European Politics & French, Dunelm.
Post Graduate Dip. Law, University of Northumbria.
BVC University of Northumbria.
Middle Temple Jackson Prize for Family Law 1999
Middle Temple State School Prize 1999

Career:   

Called to the Bar 1999, Middle Temple
Pupillage 1999/2000 (Family, Employment & Crime), Trinity Chambers, Newcastle.
Advocacy Practitioner-Trainer, BVC, University of Northumbria 2000-2003.
Member FLBA
Member ILPA
Member Lawyers for Children,
Member of Resolution
Family Law Bar Association EM Committee 2005-2006
Family Law Bar Association NEC Committee 2005 -
Bar Council & BSB Equality and Diversity Committee Review Group 2008 - 
Pupil Supervisor

Profile:

A former pupil of a now Employment Tribunal Chairperson, Sarah Holmes-Willis represents both Claimants and Respondents in the Employment Tribunal and has appeared in the EAT. She is an able focused and experienced negotiator whose conflict resolution skills enable her to both take “the heat” out a case and establish a way forward. She deals with all aspects of employment law and has a particular interest in Discrimination Law, an area in which she has advised Local Authorities.

For further details please contact Stuart Young on 0113 245 1841.