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Sarah Sackman
Position
Sarah has a wide-ranging and successful public law practice which spans Matrix’s core areas. Sarah’s work encompasses public, planning, environmental, education, local government, election, rating and discrimination law.
Her experience covers the appellate courts at all levels including the Supreme Court. She also regularly appears at planning inquiries. Sarah specialises in High Court/JR work acting for claimants and public bodies alike. Notable clients include the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, Mayor of London, Liberty, Friends of the Earth and Shelter.
Memberships
- Education Law Association (ELAS)
- Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA)
- Human Rights Law Association (HRLA)
- United Kingdom Environmental Law Association (UKELA)
- Planning and Environmental Bar Association (PEBA)
Education
Education
- LLM, Harvard Law School, LLM (Distinction) (Frank Knox scholarship)
- Graduate Diploma in Law, City University (Distinction)
- BA in History, Queens’ College, Cambridge, (First Class)
Teaching & Advocacy
- School governor for 4 years in state primary in Camden.
- Stood for Parliament in target seat in 2015
- Volunteer at Toynbee Hall Free Legal Advice Centre.
- Judicial clerkship at the Supreme Court of Israel, Jerusalem (Inner Temple
Scholarship) (2008). - Human Rights training at the British Council in Yangon, Burma (2013).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Elections
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Sarah Sackman – Matrix Chambers ‘A junior who is well-versed in election law.’
Matrix Chambers has an excellent reputation for handling the full spectrum of contentious and non-contentious work in the election law space. Gavin Millar KC is a highly regarded election law expert, and Helen Mountfield KC is sought after for her expertise in advising on election petitions. In recent instructions, Sarah Sackman successfully represented the respondent local councillor in Buchan v Elliott, defeating an election petition challenging the result of a Hartlepool Borough Council election – at issue in this case was if statements made on the victor’s leaflets about the second-placed a minor party candidate’s support for a locally controversial housing development were political or personal.
London Bar > Environment
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Sarah Sackman – Matrix Chambers ‘Sarah is a fantastically energetic, creative and committed barrister. She really fights for her clients and is super on her feet.‘
London Bar > Planning
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Sarah Sackman – Matrix Chambers ‘Sarah’s passion for her work is unprecedented. She attends community meetings and team meetings, advises on strategy, on planning appeal and application, breaches of equalities law, and has excellent knowledge and presentation skills.’
London Bar > Local government (including rating law)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Sarah Sackman – Matrix Chambers ‘Sarah has a very strong knowledge and understanding of local government. She is very practical and sensible in her approach.’