Sara Stabler > Tees Law > Cambridge, England > Lawyer Profile

Tees Law
TITAN HOUSE
CASTLE PARK
CAMBRIDGE
CB3 0BY
England

Work Department

Disputes

Position

Senior Associate

Sara focuses on commercial and proactive advice on law and strategy so as to achieve client objectives whilst minimising risks and cost. Areas of specialism include: Contested Trust and Probate disputes; TLATA disputes; Business disputes (partnerships, shareholders, directors); Complex contract disputes; Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Career

Nockolds, Trainee, 1993 to 1995; Whiskers, Assistant Solicitor, 1995 to 1998; Taylor Vinters, Associate, 1998-2007; Howes Percival, Associate, 2008; Ashtons Legal, Associate, 2009- 2010; Setfords, Consultant, 2010-2012; Tees Law, Senior Associate, 2012-Present

Memberships

High Court Advocate (All Higher Courts); Member of Association of Contested Trust and Probate Specialist (ACTAPS)

Education

LLB(Hons), Manchester Metropolitan University, 1989-1992; College of Law, London, 1992-1993

Lawyer Rankings

East Anglia > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge

(Leading individuals)

Sara StablerTees Law

The litigation practice at Tees Law is described as being ‘exceptionally efficient and very personable’. Senior associate Sara Stabler leads the practice in Cambridge, where associate Emily Jones plays an increasingly prominent role. Stabler’s approach is ‘unwaveringly client-focused but tempered with a sense of reality and good humour’, whilst Jones is ‘always on-the-ball and striving to achieve the best possible outcome’. The team recently advised on a shareholder dispute worth £1m in value.

East Anglia > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate

(Leading individuals)

Sara StablerTees Law

At Tees Law in Cambridge, ‘the contentious probate team thoroughly impresses with its careful and measured approach to probate litigation’. It is noted that they ‘really grasp cases with clarity, a keen insight and tactical and strategic awareness, as well as a healthy dose of professional realism’. Senior associate and practice head Sara Stabler is ‘remarkably thorough and careful, but also very pragmatic and down-to-earth’. She recently handled a proprietary estoppel claim worth £4m, brought by the daughter of the deceased, which was challenged by a residuary beneficiary.