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Sorcha is an impressive advocate, with a strategic approach and an eye for detail. A real up-and-coming star.
Legal 500 2025
Sorcha is ranked as a ‘Rising Star’ for employment law in Legal 500. Sorcha is a confident advocate with a busy Tribunal based practice. She is regularly instructed in multi-day hearings and has appeared unled in the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Sorcha advises and represents clients across the full range of employment disputes, with particular interest and experience in discrimination and whistleblowing detriment claims. She frequently works on matters for the lifespan of the case; from drafting the grounds of claim/response to appearing as trial counsel at the final hearing. Sorcha also commands a busy advisory practice, and has experience advising on matters pre-litigation.
In her personal injury practice, Sorcha appears in court regularly in a range of claims arising from RTAs and EL/PL disputes, many of which involve fraud and fundamental dishonesty. Sorcha also has a confident grasp on the technicalities of Highways Act claims. Sorcha’s paperwork practice encompasses higher value personal injury work, up to and including head injuries, where she manages cases involving multiple expert disciplines, settles pleadings and advises on liability, quantum, and tactics.
Employment
Before coming to the Bar, Sorcha was an employment paralegal with a broad client base in the health and social care sector. She worked on a wide range of cases, particularly involving misconduct dismissals and whistleblowing detriment. She brings that experience to her employment practice, and is routinely instructed on complex multi-day Tribunal hearings in similar types of cases. Alongside appearing in Tribunal, Sorcha has a busy advisory practice.
Personal Injury
Sorcha enjoys a busy personal injury practice. She regularly appears in court in claims involving road traffic accidents, occupiers’ liability, employers’ liability, and Highways Act disputes. Sorcha is also experienced in novel personal injuries such as cases involving damage to hair. Sorcha’s paperwork practice encompasses higher value personal injury work, where she settles pleadings and advises on liability, quantum, and tactics.
Civil Fraud
Sorcha is a natural trial advocate and conducts fraud and fundamental dishonesty cases with confidence.
General Common Law
Sorcha accepts instructions in all types of general common law matters. She is confident in handling a range of money claims and contractual disputes.
Credit Hire
Sorcha is instructed in mixed personal injury and credit hire matters for both claimants and defendants. She is well versed on emerging case law in this area.
Notable Cases
E v CGS
Sorcha was instructed to represent the Claimant in a five-day Tribunal hearing and succeeded in claims of automatic unfair dismissal and whistleblowing detriment. Remedy is to be determined at a further two-day hearing.
C v LHR
Sorcha was instructed to represent the Respondent to defend claims of unfair dismissal and disability discrimination. Sorcha succeeded in challenging disability status at a two-day preliminary hearing and later succeeded on the remaining claims at the three-day final hearing.
B v CPFT
Sorcha was instructed to represent the Claimant in a five-day Tribunal hearing and succeeded in claims of discrimination arising from disability, and failure to make reasonable adjustments.
D v GSK
Sorcha was instructed to represent the Respondent in a five-day Tribunal hearing and successfully defended claims of automatic unfair dismissal and trade union detriment.
W v LBI
Sorcha was instructed to represent the Claimant in a seven-day Tribunal hearing and succeeded in claims for unfair dismissal, disability discrimination, and failure to make reasonable adjustments.
If you would like to instruct Sorcha Dervin or would like help or advice in doing so, please call and talk to our excellent clerking team, led by Chief Executive/Director of Clerking, Paul Cray. Our phone number is +44 (0)20 7583 9241. Alternatively, please email us at chambers@farrarsbuilding.co.uk
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Appointments & Memberships
Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
Personal Injuries Bar Association (PIBA)
Employment Lawyers Association (ELA)
Advocate Panel Member
Education & Qualifications
2019 – 2020: BPTC – BPP University (Outstanding)
2015 – 2018: Law LLB – University of Bristol (First Class)
Scholarships, prizes and awards
- 2021: Inner Temple Outstanding Award
- 2019: BPP Academic Excellence Scholarship
Directory Quotes
Sorcha is ranked as a ‘Rising Star’ for employment law in Legal 500. Testimonials include:
“Sorcha is an impressive advovate, with a strategic approach and an eye for detail. A real up-and-coming star.”
Legal 500 2025
Personal Interests
In her spare time, Sorcha enjoys baking, going to the theatre, and Zumba. She also likes to visit her home county of Cumbria whenever she can.