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Guildhall Chambers currently has two pupils, Sophie Holme and Simon Passfield. Sophie's principle interest is PI and Simon's is insolvency.
Sophie's interest is in PI and she will be supervised by Gabriel Farmer. Sophie was born in Bath and her family home is nearby in the village of Timsbury. Sophie originally attended Wells Cathedral Music School as a specialist pianist and went on to study French and Linguistics followed by a Masters in French Literature at the University of Oxford. Having completed these studies, she spent several years working for the Independent Schools Council as Legal and Regulatory Affairs Manager and maintains a firm interest in education law, in particular, that relating to provision for students with special educational needs. Sophie was awarded the Prince of Wales Scholarship by Gray's Inn to study the BVC at UWE where she was assessed as outstanding. Sophie is very much looking forward to gaining as wide an experience as possible from the broad range of PI cases undertaken within chambers in the hope of establishing a strong practice of her own in this field.
Simon Passfield was born in London and graduated from the University of Nottingham with a degree in Law. He studied the BVC at BPP Law School and was assessed outstanding. He was called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn, from whom he was awarded the Birkenhead Award. He commenced pupillage in September 2009 under the supervision of Jeremy Bamford. He will be practising all aspects of insolvency law.