‘Consummate professionals’ Sarah Martin and Karen Anker are the family law professionals to note at Barr Ellison LLP’s Cambridge office, which remains a robust choice for local business leaders and Cambridge academics. The team regularly advises a number of the wider firm’s long-standing clients and their extended families. Practice head Martin is an accomplished counsel on wealth protection, divorce and related financial matters; and Anker has a broad practice and a particular specialism in mid-range financial claims on divorce.
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  • ‘Solicitors are responsive and provide well prepared cases. Always a pleasure to work with.’

  • ‘Always available to discuss strategy and advice. They provide thorough briefs which means prep time can be very effective, you can immediately grapple with the necessary issues.’

  • ‘An excellent team of family practitioners!’

  • ‘Karen Anker is strategic whilst also being able to think creatively and problem solve. She is professional, approachable, well prepared and knowledgeable.'

  • 'Sarah Martin provides a safe pair of hands. Whilst warm and empathic she is also an excellent solicitor who works tirelessly for her clients.’

  • ‘Sarah Martin and Karen Anker are consummate professionals. Whilst, of course, they will litigate a case on behalf of their clients they stand out as also being family solicitors that will genuinely consider alternative forms of dispute resolution. They are cost conscious and stand out from others in the local area as being kind, approachable and adopting a pragmatic approach.’

Practice head

Sarah Martin

Other key lawyers

Karen Anker