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Sarah Ford KC KC
Position
Sarah Ford KC was called to the Bar in 2002 and took silk in 2017. She is “a great advocate and incredibly easy to work with” (Chambers & Partners 2021) who is “strategic, hard-working, pragmatic” (Chambers & Partners, 2022) and “very impressive across a broad range of work” (Chambers & Partners, 2021).
Sarah is frequently instructed in leading competition cases and appears in the Chancery Division, Commercial Court, Administrative Court, Competition Appeal Tribunal, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.
Sarah is instructed in numerous follow-on damages claims including in Trucks for Volvo/Renault and Smart Card Chips and DRAM for Infineon. She appeared for ABB in the High Court and the Court of Appeal in BritNed, the first cartel damages claim to reach judgment. She has appeared in appeals to the Court of Appeal in leading cases concerning mitigation in Ballbearings; limitation in DRAM and binding recitals/abuse of process in Trucks.
Sarah has a strong collective proceedings practice, being instructed for JPMorgan in FX, for BT in Le Patourel and for the Proposed Class Representative in McLaren. She appeared in the Court of Appeal in BT’s appeal concerning whether proceedings should be certified on an opt-in or an opt-out basis.
Career
Qualified 2002, Lincoln’s Inn; appointed AG’s C panel 2007.
Languages
French, German.
Memberships
Commercial Bar Association; Bar European Group; ALBA; Competition Law Association.
Education
University of Warwick (2000 LLB Law with European Law); Harvard Law School (2001 LLM (Kennedy Scholar)); Inns of Court School of Law (2002 BVC (Denning Scholar & Hardwicke Entrance Award)).
Leisure
Scuba diving, running, literature, cinema.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Competition
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Sarah Ford KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘Sarah is extremely bright, hard working and absolutely across this area. She is extremely measured in her advice and able to guide clients through the complexities in some of the most technical areas of competition law.’
London Bar > IT and telecoms (infrastructure and contracts)
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Sarah Ford KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘A very effective advocate.’