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Sara Benbow

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Position

Sara is a property and commercial specialist who is equally at home in a domestic or an international context. She brings particular expertise to matters involving insolvency, issues arising in relation to property development and disputes concerning ownership of and rights in land.

Recognised as a leading mediator and maintaining an impressive rate of success, Sara’s mediation practice continues to go from strength to strength. She manages to combine a friendly and accessible approach with a keen practical and business sense, regularly dealing with complex factual and legal disputes whilst remaining focused on the practical realities of the situation and helping the parties to find sensible and inventive solutions. A long-standing member of Gatehouse Chambers’ Property and Commercial Teams as well as being a founder-member of The Property Mediators, and a particularly highly-regarded advocate whether in court, arbitration, planning hearings, or before the various specialist property and commercial tribunals, Sara brings all of that experience and expertise to bear in her mediation work.

Memberships

• Civil Mediation Council
• The Property Mediators
• Property Bar Association
• Chancery Bar Association
• COMBAR
• LCLCBA
• TECBAR

Education

• LLB (Hons)
• Accredited Mediator

Leisure

When not being a barrister or mediating, Sara’s time is divided between a range of musical activities, running around muddy fields umpiring women’s lacrosse, attempting to improve her rowing technique, and waiting for hope to triumph over despair as a fan of West Ham United.