Sarah Jones

Eversheds Sutherland

Sarah Jones wears two hats at Eversheds Sutherland, both of which brought in much work last year. She heads the public inquiry and investigations team at the firm, and continued her work on the Grenfell Tower inquiry as well as the IICSA child sexual abuse inquiry.

Last year, Eversheds was also appointed the commissioning body responsible for setting up the inquiry on behalf of the Telford and Wrekin Council into child exploitation, work for which Jones will be leading throughout this year.

Her second role is as part of the project management team. Here, Jones co-launched Propel, a litigation technology unit for Eversheds and its clients. Partnering with legal software company Opus 2, she was involved in developing a litigation toolkit, targeting document review processes and secure file transfer solutions, to make trial and investigations processes fully electronic.

This year, she will look to grow both the public inquiry and the project management teams, to further develop their skill sets and grow their offering.