Emma Hargreaves


Year of Call: 2012

“Emma is an absolute superstar. She is intellectually bright, confident beyond her years and able to hold her own in complex cases against leading counsel. Emma is wonderful with clients and a real team player.”

Legal 500
Portrait of Emma Hargreaves

Practice Overview

Emma has a broad commercial chancery practice, with a particular focus on domestic and offshore trust/probate litigation, civil fraud, and company disputes.  She also advises and appears as specialist Chancery counsel in financial remedy proceedings. Emma is often instructed to act as sole counsel, often appearing against more senior practitioners. She is also regularly instructed as junior counsel in large-scale commercial and chancery litigation, both onshore and offshore, and has previously appeared (ad hoc) as junior counsel in the Supreme Court of Bermuda. 

Emma is ranked in Legal 500, Who's Who Legal, Chambers UK Bar, Chambers Global and Chambers High Net Worth.  She was named Chancery Junior of the Year at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2020 and appeared in The Lawyer's Hot 100 2019, which described her reputation as "superb”.

News & Events

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    Chambers and Partners Launch High Net Worth Guide 2024

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  • Events

    HNW Divorce Litigation - 4th Annual Flagship Conference

    Location: One Whitehall Place, London
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    7th International Trusts & Commercial Litigation Conference 2024

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  • "Emma is one of our go-to juniors, who is incredibly hard-working and really at the top of her profession. She's excellent for written work and oral advocacy."

    Chambers & Partners, 2025
  • "Emma is superb, a definite star in the making."

    Chambers & Partners, 2025
  • "Emma is a fierce and tenacious advocate. She is sharp, insightful, and a force to be reckoned with in the courtroom. She has a keen eye for detail and manages matters with grace and sensitivity."

    The Legal 500, 2025
  • “Emma is impeccable. Her preparation, presentation and advocacy are faultless. You want her on your side.”

    The Legal 500, 2025

Education & Qualifications

MA in Law, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, including a year at Regensburg University, Germany (First class)

LLM in International Commercial Law, University College London (Distinction)

BPTC, Kaplan Law School (Outstanding; ranked top in the law school)

Former visiting tutor and examiner in the Law of Trusts at King’s College London

Memberships

Chancery Bar Association

COMBAR

Languages

German, French

BSB Registration

Emma Claire Hargreaves

VAT Number

170964588

Prizes

Award for Overall Best Student in the BPTC, Kaplan Law School, 2012

Award for Outstanding Achievement in the BPTC, Major Scholarship, and Duke of Edinburgh Entrance award, Inner Temple, 2011 - 2012

Scholarship, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, 2009 - 2010

Fairest Prize for Law (for best performance in the Law Tripos), Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, 2010

Awards

Chambers and Partners

Junior of the Year: Chancery

News & Events

  • News

    Serle Court Achieves Top Tier Ranking in The Legal 500 Caribbean 2025: The English Bar Offshore

    Serle Court is delighted to have once again achieved top-tier recognition in The Legal 500 Caribbean 2025: The English Bar Offshore, with... Read More

    News

    Chambers and Partners Launch High Net Worth Guide 2024

    We are delighted to announce that Serle Court has once again been recognised as a market leader in the Chambers... Read More

  • Events

    HNW Divorce Litigation - 4th Annual Flagship Conference

    Location: One Whitehall Place, London Read More

    Events Hub

    7th International Trusts & Commercial Litigation Conference 2024

    Location: Read More