Brick Court Chambers

Member of Chambers

Sarah Abram KC is a leading competition and commercial law silk. She is described in the directories as “a standout star”, “an absolute superstar when it comes to advocacy” and “a smiling assassin in cross-examination”, with an “[i]ncredible knack of being on top of everything all of the time”. Recent and current highlights include: leading for Apple in Riefa v Apple & Amazon, the only collective proceedings to have been refused certification on grounds of suitability of the class representative [2025] CAT 5; obtaining the first and second ever collective settlement approval orders in the CAT (RoRo [2023] CAT 75, December 2023; Rail Fares 1 [2024] CAT 32, May 2024), including the first settlement to go to distribution (Rail Fares 1, September 2025); leading for Ericsson, Panasonic and ZTE in global FRAND litigation (e.g. Samsung v ZTE [2025] EWHC 1432 (Pat) on interim FRAND licences); defending a challenge to Porsche’s selective distribution system (Eurospares v Porsche [2025] CAT 43). Sarah was nominated as Competition Silk of the year in the L500 Bar Awards 2024, and in the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2025. She is a Trustee and Vice-Chair of Advocate (formerly the Bar Pro Bono Unit).

Call: 2006

Silk: 2022

Fluent French, conversational German.

Bar European Group; Administrative Law Bar Association; Common Law and Commercial Bar Association.

Kendrick Girls’ Grammar School, Reading; Bristol University (2004 LLB Law and French First Class Hons); University of Poitiers, France (2003 Diploma of French Law Mention Très Bien); University College, University of Oxford (2005 BCL Distinction); Inns of Court School of Law, City University (2006 BVC Outstanding).