| Year of birth | 1982 |
| Year of call | 2006 |
| Inn | Middle Temple |
| Circuit | South Eastern |
| Qualifications | BA (Hons) Classics, King’s College, Cambridge (First) Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP School of Law, London (Commendation) Bar Vocational Course, BPP School of Law, London (Very Competent) |
| Awards | Cambridge: King’s College Scholar, 2004; Henry Arthur Thomas travel scholarship, 2004 Middle Temple: Harmsworth Entrance Scholarship, 2004; Queen Mother Scholarship, 2004; Queen Mother Scholarship, 2005; Kalisher Essay Prize, 2007; South Eastern Circuit scholarship to attend the Florida Criminal Advocacy Course, 2009 |
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Sarah was invited to join Chambers in April 2008 following completion of an eighteen-month pupillage. She practices in both criminal law and professional discipline.
Sarah is a Grade 2 prosecutor and has recently been instructed as prosecution junior in a multi-handed gangland case. She is regularly instructed in trials in the Crown Court for both prosecution and defence, including conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, perverting the course of justice and wounding with intent.
She also has a developing regulatory practice and is instructed to prosecute substantive conduct hearings at the General Social Care Council, as well as defending at the Nursing and Midwifery Council for the Royal College of Nursing.
Sarah has undertaken a number of large-scale disclosure exercises, most recently for the Treasury Solicitor in an ongoing judicial review involving extremely sensitive material. She also gained experience of public law whilst working in New Zealand for the Solicitor-General for six months during 2008 and is familiar with judicial review, negligence actions against the government, and advising on injunctions.
Sarah has a particular interest in international criminal law. She conducted research for Charles Taylor's defence team in relation to his ongoing trial at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and has advised members of chambers on criminal procedure in a number of overseas jurisdictions. Sarah is also keenly interested in UK legal developments surrounding the 'war on terror'. She won the Kalisher Essay Prize in 2007 for an essay on UK terrorism laws. Additionally, she is a Research Associate with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition and contributed to their recent proposal to the Government, A Measure to Safeguard the Rights of Individuals Subject to Renditions.
Sarah is an accomplished public speaker, having debated against senior barristers and politicians in paper debates at the Cambridge Union. She served as Secretary & Vice-President from 2002 until 2004, and captained the Union's America Tour in 2003.
Notable Cases
| Case name | R v Stapleton | Case name | R v Anderson & others |
| Appearance | Prosecution | Appearance | Prosecution |
| Category | S18 grievous bodily harm with intent | Category | Robbery and perverting the course of justice |
| Detail | Alleged violent assault by high-profile artist | Detail | Complainant brought to a squat by a prostitute then robbed by her pimps. The prostitute then made a false allegation of rape against the complainant and was prosecuted for perverting the course of justice. |
| Case name | R v Smith | Case name | R v Bates |
| Appearance | Defence | Appearance | Defence junior |
| Category | Wounding with intent | Category | Confiscation |
| Detail | Joint enterprise stabbing. | Detail | Complex, high value confiscation proceedings involving various jurisdiction and conflict of laws issues |