Sarah Evans

(Call 2004 Inner Temple)

Education

• Manchester University Faculty of Law
• College of Law, Guildford

Qualifications

• LL.B (Hons)
• Solicitor, England and Wales;
• Solicitor, Scotland;
• Attorney, New York State;
• Attorney, United States (Federal) Court - Southern and Eastern Districts;
• Mediator and Collaborative Lawyer US & UK

Before joining Southemhay Chambers in 2004, Sarah practised as an Attorney in New York for seven years, where she worked for one of the leading 'Magic Circle' family law firms. She was the only British Attorney at the New York Family Bar at the time. Her practice there involved primarily ancillary relief and private law matters, and included many complex 'big money' cases, and high-profile residence and contact disputes.

Sarah has been a family lawyer for over twenty years and has qualified and worked in three separate Jurisdictions, having also been a solicitor in Edinburgh where she worked for one of the leading Scottish firms. Originally an English solicitor, she did her traineeship in London with a well-known firm specialising in international child abduction. She maintains strong links with the New York and Scottish legal community.

Sarah has now practised as a Barrister on the Western Circuit for seven years and her practice encompasses both public and private law cases whilst sustaining a strong ancillary relief practice.

Sarah is trained and has practised as a Mediator and Collaborative Lawyer both in the US and UK. While in New York, she also worked on a voluntary basis for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), an organisation which works to assist and advocate for children lost in the care system in the US.

Sarah is a member of the Family Law Bar Association and speaks conversational French, German and Welsh.

Notable Cases

• Re T (A Child) [2010] EWCA Civ 1527 (Grandparents’ post adoption contact)