Ms Sarah Magill > Kate Blackwell KC > Manchester, England > Barrister Profile

Ms Sarah Magill

0161 832 5701 sarah.magill@lincolnhousechambers.com

Position

Sarah Magill specialises in serious organised crime, courts martial, service discipline, professional discipline, regulatory and inquests. She both defends and prosecutes serious and complicated criminal matters. Sarah is a robust practitioner with a proven record in dealing with heavyweight cases. She is regularly instructed in multiple defendant cases, including cases of homicide. She has extensive experience in the sensitive handling of vulnerable defendants and witnesses.

Sarah represents serving and former military personnel in the criminal justice system and the service justice system.  She also accepts public access instructions directly from members of the military who are facing disciplinary proceedings.  In 2021 Sarah launched website Forces Legal Resources with barrister Matthew Bolt from Cornwall Street Chambers, a project that stemmed from the publication of jointly written articles in regimental magazines.

Sarah Magill was Called to the Bar in 2016 as an established criminal advocate.  Described as “knowledgeable, warm but assertive when needed” with clients and “articulate and fearless” in court.  She impresses “with her command of detail and with her obviously high level of skill at deciding the really important points to go at. She is also clearly someone who knows what is right and is prepared to stand her ground.”

Sarah is on the serious organised crime and fraud panels and was appointed to the level 3 CPS general criminal panel in 2018.  Sarah is also on the specialist regulatory panel which enables her to prosecute on behalf of various regulators including the Health and Safety Executive, the Coal Board and the Environment Agency.

Sarah is the trustee of a refugee evacuation charity and has particular expertise in safeguarding, trafficking and child abuse.

Career

Call to the bar: 2016