Kings Chambers

Sarah is one of the leading barristers in the country in Licensing, acting for a wide range of clients. She has been involved in some of the most important cases in the last decade, and is a pioneer in this modern licensing regime.

Licensing

Sarah is one of the leading barristers in the country in Licensing, acting for a wide range of clients. She has been involved in some of the most important cases in the last decade, and is a pioneer in this modern licensing regime. Sarah has been successfully involved in challenging the Home Office and Police forces to settle statutory interpretation of the Licensing Act 2003. She is nationally recognised as an expert in this field. Sarah is Chair of the West Midlands Region of the Institute of Licensing, and sits on the Board of Directors. Sarah Clover was the Specialist Adviser to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003 from June 2016 to March 2017.

Planning

In planning, Sarah has extensive experience of working with local authorities and developers in all development and enforcement cases. She regularly appears at planning inquiries, hearings, prosecutions and appeals, including the High Court. She has had notable successes, and is described as “feisty” and “a real fighter”.

Sarah brings a particular edge in advocacy to her regulatory work, born of her long experience, prosecuting at Grade 4. She is a formidable advocate.

Sarah is a qualified and accredited Mediator.

Sarah has an established High Court practice, and is experienced in public law matters.

Sarah is a Public Access Barrister.

Sarah is instructed nationally by consultants, solicitors, private developers and local authorities, in all aspects of development and enforcement.

Agent of Change

Sarah Clover is the foremost expert in the cross-over between the licensing and planning regimes. She is a specialist in the Agent of Change principle, and at the vanguard of designing solutions in this novel area of law. Sarah was the Specialist Adviser to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Licensing Act and informed their recommendations to Government on licensing and planning. She advises Government departments on a regular basis. Sarah has been involved in the ground-breaking cases in this field to date, and has an extensive national overview of how to manage urban development in proximity to licensed and leisure venues. Sarah’s services include drafting applications, objections and submissions; representation in hearings and planning appeals, and a specialist mediation and facilitation service. In her role as an Agent of Change Facilitator, Sarah can help to design and broker agreements that create sustainable long-term solutions for all stakeholders. Previous solutions have included private contracts; sound mitigation works to venues; deeds of easement; “agent of change agreements”; planning conditions; s.106 agreements and financial compensation

Institute of Licensing (Chair of West Midlands Region, and Board Member)

PEBA

Civil Mediation Council

1991 BA (hons) Jurisprudence, Merton College, Oxford

1992 Master's Degree LLM, University of Pennsylvania Law School, USA (Potts Scholar, Ivy League, USA)

1990 Hardwicke Entrance Scholarship

1991 Sir Thomas More Award

1993 Inns of Court Studentship

1993 Kennedy Scholarship

Sir Thomas More Award

Pupillage Award

Denning Society (Society of Scholars of Lincoln's Inn)