Sarah Tyler

Sarah advises and represents parties in financial remedies upon divorce and claims under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989. Sarah’s practice increasingly involves enforcement, disputed business or pension assets and complicated jurisdictional issues often involving assets abroad. Sarah has experience in cases concerning financial relief following a foreign divorce.

Sarah is regularly instructed in all aspects of private law proceedings. Sarah has extensive experience in conducting fact findings in cases of allegations of domestic abuse, and in complex cases involving allegations of alienating behaviour.

She often represents children through their Rule 16.4 Guardians and is relied upon for the experience she brings to the role. Sarah’s practice regularly involves internal and international relocation, holidays abroad, and cases under the inherent jurisdiction. Sarah has recently acted in cases concerned with the interplay between the 1951 Geneva Convention on asylum and the 1980 Hague Convention.

Sarah is particularly aware of the sensitivity and difficult nature of private law cases for her clients, and is astute in getting to the heart of the issue, providing sensible, robust and practical advice.

Sarah has extensive previous experience in public law work from which she brings significant experience in managing extensive and complex disclosure, in cross examination of experts and in contested fact finding hearings. Sarah is able to employ these skills successfully in her current areas of practice.

Sarah is qualified to accept instructions under the Direct Access Scheme.

“Sarah is sublime in every respect. She does amazing written work and is a tenacious advocate, the full package.”
“Sarah is a skilled and confident advocate. Her preparation is meticulous. She is very approachable and builds up a good rapport with clients.”
Legal 500, 2025. Ranked: Tier 4

“She has a very keen legal mind and goes about things in a practical and realistic way.” Chambers & Partners, 2025. Band 4

“Sarah is incredibly good on the detail and her cross-examination benefits from this as she is all over the papers – she reads absolutely everything.” Chambers & Partners, 2025. Band 4

“She genuinely cares, and will work tirelessly to ensure no stone is left unturned.” Chambers & Partners, 2025. Band 4

“A fearless and determined advocate, who will fight to the bitter end for her clients.” Chambers & Partners, 2025. Band 4

“Sarah is incredibly clever and incredibly dedicated. She works magic both in and out of the court room with her calm and measured approach.” Legal 500, 2024 Ranked: Tier 4

“She works phenomenally hard for her clients and has tremendous empathy. If you want a barrister who fights for you with all her strength, she’s the one.” Legal 500 2024, Ranked: Tier 5

“Extremely knowledgeable and able to put anxious and worried clients at ease very effortlessly. Her case preparation is exceptional and extremely thorough.” Chambers and Partners 2023

“Sarah is an excellent advocate, persuasive and practical in her submissions and always impeccably prepared. Her cross-examination is focused and effective.” Legal 500 2023

Finance and Private Client

Private Law Children

Human Rights

International Family Law

Court of Protection

Sarah writes regularly for a variety of publications, recent examples of which include:

• Post fact-finding hearing: strategy, procedure and points to consider [2023] Fam Law 730 co-authored with Rachel Cooper

• A refresher on Financial Statements, valuation principles and the challenges posed by Covid, February [2021] Fam Law co-authored with Tom Wacher and Richard Heasman

• Compensation for relationship generated disadvantage in financial remedy proceedings: RC v JC [2020] EWHC 466

• Extradition: what the family lawyer needs to know

• Court Makes Proposal for Improved Police Disclosure in Cases of Death or Serious Assault of a Child

• Legal Action Magazine Family Law Update

• Sarah used to write weekly case summaries for Family Law Week

• Co-authored ‘Let’s see how we get on’ with Radhika Handa for the Family Law Journal, covering the need for regulated provision of registered witness intermediaries in family proceedings

• Contributor to The Advocate’s Gateway Toolkit, “Vulnerable witnesses and parties in the family courts”

Sarah was invited to give evidence to the Women and Equalities Committee at the House of Commons in September 2019 as part of their inquiry into the impact of family breakdown on the mental health of men and boys, particularly in respect of the family justice system and private law cases.

Sarah regularly delivers training for solicitors. Recent topics have included: fact-finding hearings; parental alienation; and disclosure in the family courts.

HR (Parallel Child Abduction and Asylum Proceedings) / A v B and others [2024] EWHC 1626 (Fam)
Warwickshire County Council v The Mother and others [2022] EWHC 2146 (Fam)
Warwickshire County Council v The Mother & others [2023] EWHC 399 (Fam)
G v G [2021] UKSC 9
A v R [2020] EWFC 88
Re A (no 2) (children: finding of fact) [2020] 1 FLR 755
A Local Authority v M & F & Ors [2019] EWHC 1447
L (A Child) [2017] EWHC 3707
Azizi v Aghaty [2016] EWHC 110 (Fam)
In the matter of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Cases A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H) [2015] EWHC 2602 (Fam)
Re D (Non-Availability of Legal Aid) (No 2) [2015] EWFC 2
Re R (Care Proceedings: Appeal) [2011] EWCA Civ 1795

Education

University of Bristol, Bsc in Politics and Philosophy, Upper Second (2006)
City, University of London: Graduate Diploma in Law (2008)
BPP Law School, London: Bar Vocational Course (2010)

Professional Memberships

Family Law Bar Association
The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
Resolution
Association of Lawyers for Children

Shortlisted for Young Barrister of the Year – Family Law Awards 2014 

Conversational French

Sarah was from 2016 to 2020 the joint head of the collaboration between the award winning Queen Mary’s University Legal Advice Centre and Coram Chambers, helping to deliver pro bono access to victims of the sharing of their intimate images, and delivering training to schools in London under the LAC’s SPITE for SCHOOLs scheme and now regularly participates in the scheme.

Sarah regularly undertakes cases for Advocate (the National Pro Bono Centre), Dad’s House and Not Beyond Redemption.