Sarah Evans

Sarah deals with proceedings involving the arrangements for children and specialises in helping clients deal with complex issues such as domestic abuse, social services involvement, care proceedings and adoption.

Sarah also deals with financial matters on divorce and acts in complex cases involving high net worth assets, farms and pensions.

Notable Family cases

• Care Proceedings
  

  Complex care proceedings involving the death of a child in which findings of blame were sought.

• Inherent Jurisdiction
  

  Acting in a reported case before the Royal Courts of Justice under the court’s inherent jurisdiction to determine which parent ought to make funeral arrangements following the death of their child. This included looking at an unusual point of law on locus to oppose the application.

• Child Arrangements
  

  Acting for a parent involved in a dispute over a child’s living arrangements involving significant contested allegations of domestic abuse resulting in substantial findings of fact being made.

• Financial Proceedings
  

  Acting for a client in complex high-net worth financial relief proceedings with allegations of substantial failure to disclose assets.

• Financial Proceedings
  

  Acting for a third party intervenor in complex financial relief proceedings involving a multi-generational farm.

• Non-Molestation Orders
  

  Acting for clients to obtain Non-Molestation Orders to protect them from domestic abuse and harassment by family members and Occupation Orders to allow clients to remain in or return to their homes.