Sarah heads up our costs department.  She is a costs lawyer specialising in costs recovery for clients of the firm.

• Retainer advice
• Budgeting
• Detailed assessment proceedings
• Costs negotiations
• Strategic costs advice

Sarah is a member of the Association of Costs Lawyers and also a member of APIL.

APPROACH

Sarah is a conscientious and thorough costs lawyer who prides herself on providing clear and practical advice to both professional and lay clients.

Having worked on a wide variety of disciplines over the years, Sarah is pragmatic in to her approach to litigation in order to deliver the best results for her clients. Her experience of both receiving and paying party work gives her a unique insight in the interests of both sides of the litigation divide. 

EXPERIENCE

Throughout her career Sarah has worked on a large number of high-profile costs claims particularly group actions including:

• Stephanie Baker & Others v Quantum Clothing & Others, a noise induced hearing loss claim which ended in the Supreme Court
• Some of the largest group travel litigation actions
• Disability discrimination claims
• High value clinical negligence
• Catastrophic personal injury claims