Forces Covered
Professional profile
Sarah is a Partner and team leader working from both our London and Manchester offices. Sarah qualified as a solicitor in 1998 and has been representing Police officers for over six years.
In 2002, Sarah qualified as a lawyer mediator, and recently trained as a collaborative Family lawyer. This means that Sarah is experienced in dealing with matters in a constructive, non-confrontational way. As such, Sarah is a member or Resolution, an organisation of over 5,000 lawyers and Family justice professionals who believe in a non-confrontational approach to Family law matters.
Not all cases can be settled through negotiation, and some have to be decided in court by a judge. Sarah is an experienced Family court advocate and has appeared in courts throughout the country, representing Police officers involved in all types of Family proceedings.
Sarah has extensive experience advising on issues ranging from pre-nuptial agreements right through to divorce, division of marital assets, formal separations and breakdown of cohabitation. She is also experienced in children matters, in particular concerning issues of residence and contact.
Sarah's recent work includes:
- Representing a high-ranking Police officer with a substantial Police pension, advising on an actuary's report in relation to the pension and successfully making detailed representations in court over the contents of the report
- Advising a same-sex couple in relation to adoption
- Representing a Police officer in relation to the living arrangements of his children after separation and securing a shared care arrangement whereby the children spend an equal amount of time with each parent
- Successfully preventing the removal of a client's child from the region by the other parent.
