Emma Sherrington

• “Emma Sherrington is fantastic in all areas of private and public law children work. Really bright. Hugely experienced.”

The Legal 500, 2025

• “Emma always looks for ways to support the client around proceedings, considering all the options to get the best possible outcome for them.”
• “Emma is dedicated, persistent and a superb solicitor.”
• “Emma is very experienced, dedicated to her work and knowledgeable.”

Chambers and Partners, 2025

Emma is ranked in both Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500:

• “Emma Sherrington is extremely experienced and able. She can, and does, turn her hand to the whole range of children work, achieving outstanding outcomes for a variety of clients. Very highly recommended.”

The Legal 500, 2024

• “Emma is a creative thinker who is focused on how to get to a solution quickly and effectively.”
• “What clients get from Emma is real experience and understanding of the issues very early on as well as incredibly good strategic guidance from the outset.”
• “Emma works very hard to support clients through a process which is often incredibly distressing and difficult – she is there fighting their corner in exhausting circumstances.”

Chambers and Partners, 2024

• “Emma Sherrington and Ann Thompson are practitioners who also operate effectively at the highest level in children’s cases, including those with an international aspect, and I have worked in cases in which their effectiveness was well-demonstrated.”

The Legal 500, 2023

• “She really fights her client’s corner and is able to gain the confidence of the most difficult and vulnerable of clients.”
• “She doesn’t bat an eyelid at a case; she can manage all the issues that arise because she has seen it all before. Emma is very bright, able and good with clients.”
• “Emma Sherrington is a public law specialist who has expertise in non-accidental injury, falsely induced illness and sexual abuse allegations. She has experience in representing clients before the High Court.”
• “Emma is very tenacious, extremely hard-working and committed to her cases.”

Chambers and Partners, 2023

• “She is incredibly dedicated to her clients and provides them with careful, well thought-out advice for navigating difficult litigation.”
• “A clever advocate who thinks outside the box and works hard for her clients.”
• “She’s a skilled advocate who is very responsive, very good at communicating and very detailed. She’s a very good advocate for children clients in particular.”

Chambers and Partners 2022

• ‘Emma Sherrington – tenacious advocate for her clients;  she is a pleasure to work with; always brings new ideas and is a creative lawyer’.

Legal 500 2022

• “She is very technical and really impressive. She has a really varied caseload and she’s able to pick things up very quickly. She’s also skilled at getting to what she needs to know.” 
• “Her strengths include her dedication to the client – she’s extremely helpful and passionate for her clients. She also goes the extra mile.” 
• “She is passionate about her cases and really fights her client’s corner. She’s a great litigator.”

Chambers and Partners 2021

• “She is an incredibly dedicated children lawyer who is also very good at strategy. She’s always thinking one step ahead so the client has the best outcome long-term.”

Chambers and Partners 2020

• ‘You want Emma Sherrington on your side – she is tenacious in fighting for her client’s interests and manages the most difficult cases within the firm.

Legal 500 2020

• J (A Child) [2014] EWCA Civ 875
• Re E (A Child) [2014] EWHC 6 (Fam)
• IA (A Child) [2013] EWHC 2499 (Fam)
• LB of Islington v Al Alas and Wray [2012] EWHC 865 (Fam)
• Z and another v C and another [2011] EWHC 3181 (Fam)

• Law Society Children Panel