Barrister Profile
Sarah joined Chambers in August 2016 following the successful completion of pupillage. Sarah has a busy practice consisting of family and immigration matters and has been recognised as a Leading Junior in the Legal 500 in respect of immigration matters.
Prior to pupillage Sarah worked for a year as Assistant Private Secretary to the Advocate General for Scotland in Whitehall. Sarah was called to the Bar in July 2012, after completing a first degree in Applied Business Management at Imperial College London, converting to law and completing the BPTC. Following the BPTC, Sarah worked as an advocate in the First-Tier Immigration Tribunal, presenting a wide range of immigration cases on behalf of the Respondent.
Expertise
Family: Care & Children
Private Law Children: Contact and Residence disputes under the Children Act 1989
Sarah has a busy private law practice, with experience representing: parents, step-parents, grandparents and Rule 16.4 Children’s Guardians in contentious matters.
Sarah is regularly instructed on complex matters including residence disputes, fact find hearings, enforcement proceedings and cases involving both national and international relocation, allegations of domestic abuse and parental alienation.
Domestic violence & injunctions
Sarah is experienced in injunctive proceedings under the Family Law Act 1996 and has acted on behalf of the Applicant and the Respondent in applications for Non-Molestation Orders and/or Occupation Orders.
In cases where there are allegations of domestic abuse, Sarah has assisted clients in achieving findings that domestic violence has occurred. In situations where false allegations have been made Sarah has enabled clients to successfully challenge any allegations against them.
Family: Finance
Divorce & Separation
Sarah regularly accepts instructions in financial remedy applications on behalf of both the Applicant and Respondent. She has experience in advising and representing clients on matters which include inheritance issues, non-matrimonial assets and pension funds from First Directions Appointment through to Final Hearing.
Immigration
Prior to joining Chambers Sarah worked as an advocate on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Home Department in the First-Tier Immigration Tribunal. Sarah has gained a wealth of experience in all types of immigration appeals including matters
involving: deportation, asylum, settlement, trafficking and human rights.
In practice Sarah acts predominantly for appellants in immigrations cases and has been recognised as a Leading Junior who is “recommended for appeals overlapping with domestic violence, human rights claims and deceptive applications” in the Legal 500, 2020.
Outside of court, Sarah regularly provides written advice to solicitors on both personal and business immigration matters. Sarah often provides advice as to the relevant immigration rules applicable and the documentation required in order to assist clients in making a successful application.
Sarah has delivered training on both business immigration matters and changes to the immigration rules which impact individual applications.