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Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB)
QUEEN ELIZABETH BUILDING, TEMPLE
LONDON
EC4Y 9BS
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Sarah Phipps KC
Position
Sarah practises exclusively in Family Law. Her practice covers all aspects of ancillary relief, cohabitation disputes and private law Children Act applications. Ancillary relief cases in which she is experienced include those involving modest as well as significant wealth, and cases with an international dimension. Her Children Act work includes residence and contact disputes, leave to remove applications and financial claims on behalf of children under Schedule 1. She has appeared regularly in the High Court, both on her own and as a junior.
Sarah has been rated as a leading junior by both Chambers UK and the Legal 500 for several years. In the 2010 edition of Chambers UK, she is described as “always a good choice as she is technically able and extremely forthright in her advocacy”, and in the 2011 edition she is said to be “intellectually top-drawer and really good with clients”.
Interesting cases include: Gordon v Stefanou [2010] EWCA Civ 1601; S v S (No. 2)(Ancillary Relief: Application to Set Aside Order) [2010] 1 FLR 993; SR v CR (Ancillary Relief: Family Trusts) [2009] 2 FLR 1083; Re B (Indemnity Costs) [2008] 1 FLR 205; S v S (Ancillary Relief after Lengthy Separation) [2007] 1 FLR 2120
Career
Called 1997; Lincoln’s Inn; completed her pupillage at QEB and became a tenant in 1998.
Memberships
Family Law Bar Association.
Education
Brasenose College, Oxford (English); College of Law (Diploma in Law), awarded a scholarship by Lincoln’s Inn.
Leisure
Playing tennis, skiing, keen theatre goer and reader.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Family: divorce and financial remedy
(2023 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Sarah Phipps KC –Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB) ‘Sarah is frighteningly intelligent, and her ability to absorb information is seemingly unlimited. She has an uncanny ability to cut to the chase. She is extremely hard-working and will always go the extra mile to fight her client’s corner. Her advocacy is second to none, and she always has the ear of the tribunal.’
Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB) is ‘a superb set for finance cases with top silks and juniors and great strength in depth’. William Tyzack specialises in cases involving international focus and, in the case S-L v S-L, is acting on behalf of an applicant challenging the assertion of English domicile and instead seeking proceedings in Monaco. Katie Cowton KC has significant expertise in financial applications of divorce and civil partnership dissolution and financial claims after overseas divorces. Duncan Brooks KC and Sarah Phipps KC took silk in March 2023.