ST ALBANS CHAMBERS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Crime, Civil, Property, Mediation
Job Titles:
- Admin 2019 - 04 - 16T09:38:29 01:00
- Civil, Family
Sarah practises in family and is developing practice in civil law. She appears in Courts at all levels in London, Hertfordshire, and the surrounding counties.
Sarah joined St Albans Chambers from New Court Chambers in London, where she completed pupillage. Prior to coming to the Bar Sarah read for a Ph.D. in German Literature and Philosophy and tutored undergraduates. She subsequently qualified and worked as an investment analyst in the City of London in asset management and private banking. During this time she gained a sound understanding of financial matters and dealing with high net worth individuals.
Between Call to the Bar and commencing pupillage Sarah spent four and a half years as an in-house legal adviser to a commercial bank in the City. She provided legal advice to the Board of Directors and banking professionals on matters as wide-ranging as bankruptcy and insolvency; company law and in the incorporation of offshore companies; corporate financial transactions; banking and financial services regulation; contracts for the supply of goods and services; employment and discrimination law; and landlord and tenant law.
Sarah's background as a former investment analyst and an in-house banking lawyer is especially useful in ancillary relief and matrimonial finance matters. She is comfortable perusing financial statements and documentation and dealing with the disposal of assets.
Job Titles:
- Crime, Family, Civil, Property
Job Titles:
- Crime, Employment, Family, Civil
Job Titles:
- Crime, Civil, Mediation, Employment
Job Titles:
- Admin 2023 - 10 - 03T09:31:21 01:00
- Family, Civil, Mediation, Property
- Supervisor and Chair of the St Albans Chambers Management Committee
Richard specialises in all aspects of personal injury (acting for both claimants and defendants) and ancillary relief whilst also maintaining a thriving general law practice including professional negligence. Richard unusually has a background in planning, finance and property law which can be particularly useful in resolving matrimonal disputes. He lectures at the University of Hertfordshire's School of Law on graduate and post graduate courses, and gives CPD presentations to solicitors and others on current legal issues within his areas of expertise.
Richard sees himself as a problem-solver, calling upon his past experience as well as his legal acumen to provide solutions for his clients. He is an accredited Mediator and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Richard spent some 8 years in the Armed Services prior to working in the engineering industry. After some years with Hawker Siddeley he became the CEO of a company involved in the European oil and coal industry. When this company was acquired by Baker Hughes of the USA he decided to pursue his life-long interest in the law and obtained a 1st Class Honours degree in law (followed by a Masters degree in Legal Practice and a Diploma in Planning & Environmental law), before being called to the Bar in 1997.
Richard is an approved pupil supervisor and Chair of the St Albans Chambers Management Committee.