Sara joined Matrix in 2011. She is an established junior recommended in both Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500. Sara has a wide range of experience and practices in all areas of media and information law (including defamation, privacy and confidence, data protection, freedom of information, harassment, and copyright), human rights law and public law. Before joining Matrix, Sara was a Senior Lawyer at the Ministry of Justice in their Information and Human Rights team and, prior to that, she was a tenant at 5RB for 10 years. Sara is an ADR Group Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator.
Sara acts for primarily for Claimants, but also represents Defendants and has represented a wide range of clients, including the Core Participant Victims in the Leveson Inquiry, Actors, Sports men/women, Members of Parliament, Local Authorities, Primary Care Trusts, Law Firms, and media publishers. She has substantial litigation experience and has appeared as sole advocate in jury and judge alone libel trials. She has also got extensive experience of providing pre-publication advice to publishers and NGOs.
Sara was awarded Defamation, Privacy and Data Protection Junior of the Year at the Chambers Bar Awards in 2020. Chambers & Partners recommend her as being “unbelievably calm, sensitive and intelligent.” “She is extremely bright, good-humoured and full of ideas” She is also recommended as a leading junior in the Legal 500 in the areas of Defamation and Privacy “Committed, through and a delight to work with”; IT and Telecoms (including Data Protection) “An excellent addition to any team”; and in Media and Entertainment “Bright, practical and extremely user friendly”.
Sara has been involved in a number of Legal Assistance Programmes with the Bar Human Rights Committee including a Judicial Visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran, a Library Resources Project in Sudan and Commercial Law Training Project in Sudan.
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DIRECTORY RECOMMENDATIONS
WHAT THEY SAY:
Sara was awarded Defamation, Privacy and Data Protection Junior of the Year at the Chambers Bar Awards in 2020.
Chambers & Partners recommendation have included: “Absolutely first-class. She has a very good manner with clients and shows exceptional attention to detail.” “She has an impressive ability to digest complicated cases and cut to the key issues.” “She is extremely bright, good-humoured and full of ideas” “Meticulous attention to detail – a real star.” “Intelligent, thoughtful, user-friendly and always available to help in a crisis”.
She is also recommended as a leading junior in the Legal 500 in the areas of Defamation and Privacy and is described as “Extremely capable”, “Committed, thorough and a delight to work with”; IT and Telecoms (including Data Protection) “An excellent addition to any team”; and in Media and Entertainment “Bright, practical and extremely user friendly”.