Barristers

Sarah Prager KC

Sarah Prager KC

Position

Sarah Prager specialises in travel law claims, including claims under the Package Travel Regulations 1992 and 2018, the Athens and Montreal Conventions, and at common law.

She also has a particular expertise in all aspects of conflict of law and jurisdiction.

Sarah undertakes work in all areas of cross border work, encompassing claims involving issues of private international law, package holidays, international carriage, contractual recovery and cross border clinical negligence, and her caseload reflects this breadth of practice.

Together with her colleagues Matthew Chapman and Jack Harding she co-wrote the most recent editions of Saggerson on Travel Law. Sarah also contributes to publications produced internationally by the Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies, and most recently contributed chapters to its Collective Commentary on the New Package Travel Directive (ESHTE, 2020, chapters on Article 21 and on transposition into UK law) and to its book Tourism Law in Europe (ESHTE, 2021, chapter on tourism law in the UK).

Sarah was invited to join the Consultative Group of Experts to the UNWTO Committee for the Development of an International Code for the Protection of Tourists; the Code has now been adopted by the UNWTO and is being implemented internationally. She has also been co-opted to the Admiralty Court Users’ Committee as a representative of the personal injury Bar.

Career

Awards

Global 100, 2023 – Personal Injury Adviser of the Year – UK. Personal Injury Advisor of the Year 2022: Global 100 and Lawyer International Legal 100 Travel Lawyer of the Year 2022: Best Lawyers UK Personal Injury Advisor of the Year 2021: Lawyer Monthly Women In Law Awards

Education

LLB (Hons) Law, Nottingham University 1996

Mentions

London Bar

Aviation and Travel

Other key lawyer1
Sarah Prager KC – Deka Chambers ‘Sarah is brilliant in all respects. She is willing to run difficult arguments to secure exceptional results for clients. Opponents have a huge measure of respect for her, which plays to your advantage in negotiations and in the courtroom.’
London Bar

Personal injury

Other key lawyer1
Sarah Prager KC – Deka Chambers ‘A formidable barrister. Incredibly knowledgeable. Not afraid to take on difficult cases. Excellent with clients.’