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Sadie is a Legal Director who has been ranked in the Chambers and Partners UK for many years and is a member of the only Band 1 defendant police law team in the country in the 2024 guide. Interviewees reported to Chambers and Partners UK that she "has an impressive command of cases" and is a "a highly experienced practitioner.”

Sadie represents multiple police forces and their insurers across the country. She is a nationally recognised specialist police law practitioner with over 20 years’ experience with an in-depth knowledge of the requirements, pressures and sensitivities surrounding police forces and their insurers. She has also acted in a number of high profile inquests and inquiries including the Hillsborough Inquests and The Under Cover Policing Enquiry.  

Sadie’s training and practice as a barrister gives her a significant advantage in defending cases through to trial. Her civil procedural knowledge alongside her tactical astuteness means that her success rate at trial is exceptional.

Sadie has particular expertise in defending complex public liability claims involving allegations of assault, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, misfeasance in public office and breaches of the European Convention on Human Rights. She also has expertise in complex and high value personal injury claims, specialising in cases involving physical and sexual abuse, sexual harassment and work-place bullying and injuries.

Experience and Notable Cases

She is frequently instructed on high profile, complex and sensitive civil claims. Recent example instructions:

  • Advising a police force on a high-profile Article 2 claim arising out of the murder of a baby;       
  • Acting for police force in a high-profile, multi-million pound claim arising from the use of a Taser;    
  • Representing a police force in a claim for malicious prosecution where the claimant spent over 16 years in prison for murder before their conviction was quashed;
  • Advising a police force in respect of a claim for misfeasance in public office alleged to have arisen out of a sexual relationship between an on-duty police officer and a member of the public;         
  • Representing a police force in a high-value personal injury claim being brought by a serving police officer injured during the course of their firearm training.
  •  Acting for a police force in a high-value personal injury claim for a head injury sustained by a scenes of crime officer during the course of their employment.

Amongst others, Sadie currently acts for the Metropolitan Police Force, West Midlands Police, Greater Manchester Police, City of London Police, Cleveland Police and North Wales Police. 

  • She is really experienced in this area and is someone whose judgement I completely trust

    Chambers and Partners

  • She has an impressive command of cases and is always excellently prepared

    Chambers and Partners

  • Sadie is a highly experienced practitioner

    Chambers and Partners

She is frequently instructed on high profile, complex and sensitive civil claims. Recent example instructions:

  • Advising a police force on a high-profile Article 2 claim arising out of the murder of a baby;       
  • Acting for police force in a high-profile, multi-million pound claim arising from the use of a Taser;    
  • Representing a police force in a claim for malicious prosecution where the claimant spent over 16 years in prison for murder before their conviction was quashed;
  • Advising a police force in respect of a claim for misfeasance in public office alleged to have arisen out of a sexual relationship between an on-duty police officer and a member of the public;         
  • Representing a police force in a high-value personal injury claim being brought by a serving police officer injured during the course of their firearm training.
  •  Acting for a police force in a high-value personal injury claim for a head injury sustained by a scenes of crime officer during the course of their employment.

Amongst others, Sadie currently acts for the Metropolitan Police Force, West Midlands Police, Greater Manchester Police, City of London Police, Cleveland Police and North Wales Police.