Sarah is a specialist Private Client Trusts, Wills, and Estates barrister providing advice and advocacy in succession, estates, trusts, and Court of Protection matters, as well as related professional negligence.
Sarah has been ranked consistently as a Leading Junior in the Legal 500 in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
An experienced trial advocate, Sarah was recognised in 2021 as “always extremely well-prepared for every hearing and her communications skills with clients have always been reassuring and well-received with matters being explained clearly”.
Sarah’s practice covers the full spectrum of contentious probate and Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975 claims, trusts, trusts of land and co-ownership, proprietary estoppel, cross-border succession, and non-contentious trusts and probate.
Fluent in German, and proficient in French, Italian, and Danish, Sarah has a particular interest and expertise in European cross-border matters.
Described in the Legal 500 2024 as “a very thorough barrister” who “goes the extra mile”, Sarah is analytical and “has great attention to detail and preparation” and her “legal knowledge and drafting are strong”(2025). She adopts a pragmatic and strategic approach to litigation, which focuses on achieving optimal solutions for her clients with sensitivity and empathy.
Sarah contributes to Williams, Mortimer & Sunnucks – Executors, Administration and Probate. She also contributes to the Commentary and edits the Precedents for the Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents, Volume 42 – Wills and Administration and Volume 40 – Trusts and Settlements.
Sarah has published in Trusts and Trustees.
Sarah has written Headnotes for the Wills and Trusts Law Reports and Case Summaries for Lexis Nexis.
Sarah’s expertise and experience extends to Property and Commercial Litigation, as well as proceedings in the Family Division with a Chancery element such as cohabitation disputes and financial remedies applications encompassing trusts, inheritance, co-ownership of property, and/or business assets.
Prior to coming to the Bar Sarah read for a Ph.D. in German and Philosophy and tutored. Having subsequently qualified and worked as an investment analyst in asset management and private banking in the City for financial institutions with an offshore presence in Bermuda and the Channel Islands, she gained sound understanding of the financial services world and dealing with high net-worth individuals. As in-house counsel to a commercial bank, Sarah advised on the incorporation of offshore funds, commercial property transactions, and landlord and tenant.