Sarah Ashby > Machins Solicitors LLP > Luton, England > Lawyer Profile
Machins Solicitors LLP Offices
28 Dunstable Road
LUTON
LU1 1DY
England
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Sarah Ashby
Work Department
Public Family Law
Position
Sarah Ashby is a Partner in the Public Family Law team.
Career
Sarah qualified as a solicitor in 2012 and joined Machins in 2016. She became a partner in 2020. She is a member of the Law Society’s Children’s Panel and a member of Resolution.
Sarah specialises in children’s law. This includes representation of parents, family members, interveners, children’s guardians and direct representation of competent children, in such matters, including complex non-accidental injury of children, sexual abuse, death/murder of parent/family member, neglect and child assessment order applications.
Sarah has extensive experience of acting for children’s guardians, as well as vulnerable adults with learning difficulties who require the use of an intermediary. She also acts in matters before the High Court and the Court of Appeal.
She has been identified in the Legal 500 2022 as a Next Generation Partner.
Memberships
Sarah is a member of Resolution and a member of the Law Society’s Children’s Panel
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Private client > Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
The ‘fabulous‘ practice at Machins Solicitors LLP provides clients with ‘exceptional quality and diligence‘ when assisting with adoption orders, child assessment orders, and care orders. The ‘outstanding‘ Kathryn Ainsworth co-leads the team from Berkhamsted, and the ‘incredible‘ Sarah Ashby co-leads the team from Luton. Ainsworth is a specialist in divorces and separations concerning children, financial arrangements, and businesses, while Ashby frequently acts for family members, interveners, and guardians with her ‘brilliant knowledge‘ of matters involving sexual abuse, death of a family member, and non-accidental injury. Berkhamsted’s Richard Phillips has ‘excellent judgement‘ when advising on the negotiation of separation agreements, and pre-nuptial agreements involving overseas assets. Sadie Glover joined the team in August 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Employment > Employment: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate