New Square Chambers

Sarah is a specialist Private Client Trusts, Wills, and Estates barrister providing advice and advocacy in succession, estates, trusts, and Court of Protection matters, as well as related professional negligence.

Sarah has been ranked consistently as a Leading Junior in the Legal 500 in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.

An experienced trial advocate, Sarah has been recognised as “always extremely well-prepared for every hearing and her communications skills with clients have always been reassuring and well-received with matters being explained clearly”.

Sarah’s practice covers the full spectrum of contentious probate and Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975 claims, trusts, trusts of land and co-ownership, proprietary estoppel, cross-border succession, and non-contentious trusts and probate.

Sarah has particular expertise and interest in European cross-border and conflict of laws matters. She is regularly asked to advise on cross-border succession, including issues of domicile, the interpretation of foreign Wills, forced heirship, and the application of the EU Succession Regulation. Fluent in German, and proficient in French, Italian, and Danish, with some Spanish, she has the additional advantage of being to peruse documentation and advise in the original language.

Described in the Legal 500 as “a very thorough barrister” who “goes the extra mile”, Sarah is analytical, organised and “has great attention to detail and preparation”. She is lauded for her “solid grasp of the law in her field” and her “legal knowledge and drafting are strong”. She adopts a pragmatic and strategic approach to litigation, which focuses on achieving optimal solutions for her clients with sensitivity and empathy.

Called to the Bar 2006; Postgraduate Research Fellow, National University of Ireland; Inner Temple Exhibitioner; Alexander Mair Dissertation Prize, University of Liverpool.

French, German, Danish, Italian, Polish, Spanish

Chancery Bar Association; European Circuit of the Bar; Family Law Bar Association; London Irish Lawyers’ Association; Northern Circuit.

1996:  B.A. (Hons.) (English and German Literature), University College Galway; 2000:  Ph.D. (German Literature and Philosophy), National University of Ireland, Galway (formerly University College Galway); 2005:  LL. Dip., The College of Law, London; 2006:  B.V.C., Inns of Court School of Law; 2012:  M.A. (Philosophy), University of Liverpool; 2020:  Degree of Barrister-at-Law, The Honorable Society of King’s Inns, Dublin; Dual Qualification: Bar of Ireland (2020).