Sarah is a partner in the children and education law team. She specialises in complex cases involving vulnerable adults and children during care proceedings and family disputes such as child arrangement orders and contact.
Chambers UK (2020) note that Sarah has significant experience in public children matters, acting in serious cases involving non-accidental injury and forced marriage, as well as private law and adoption proceedings. She is also ranked as a leading individual in The Legal 500 (2020).
Sarah is particularly experienced in advising and representing children, parents and family members in difficult and sensitive cases which are often life changing for families - for example, where there are issues of parental drug and alcohol addiction, domestic violence and or a mental health difficulty. Sarah has a reputation for being able to tackle a difficult area in a case such as mental health without being phased by the added complexities. She handles these highly emotional cases with sensitivity and kindness.
She also advises on:
- adoption cases both in the UK and internationally
- abduction cases where a parent wishes to remove children from the UK without the consent of the other parent or other family members
- forced marriage cases where one or both parties do not consent to the marriage or consent is given under emotional or physical duress, including representing parties on both sides in the High Court
Sarah is an experienced advocate undertaking the majority of her own advocacy including trials giving the client a high standard of service from start to finish of the case.
