Weightmans LLP

Sarah is a Partner in the Commercial Litigation team at Weightmans. Sarah trained and qualified at Eversheds Sutherland in its Manchester office and has over 19 years' experience of dealing with a variety of commercial disputes.

Sarah currently manages the sizeable Commercial Dispute Resolution team in Liverpool and other national offices with the team recognised in the Legal 500 2023 rankings as a "Top litigation team. Able to handle the most complex and challenging litigation." As well as her team, Sarah is also recognised in the latest Legal 500 as a Leading Individual.

Sarah has experience of a broad range of disputes, particularly of high profile and complex company/director/shareholder claims, supporting on corporate governance and constitutional matters alongside this work. Sarah’s expertise also includes judicial review claims, defamation, and reputation management, advising on restrictive covenants, restraint of trade and confidentiality issues arising from employee moves acting for both employer and employee and dealing with complex contractual issues. Sarah deals with litigation in all branches of the civil courts.

Sarah has extensive experience of the range of alternative dispute resolution options and has successfully assisted many clients to settle disputes both prior to and during litigation. Sarah can assist clients with consideration of funding options which includes third party funding, conditional fee agreements and after the event insurance.

Sarah acts for a range of clients including private individuals, large international corporations, SMEs, registered charities, local authorities, schools, colleges and universities.

Sarah has been listed as a stand out lawyer in Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers database