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Sarah has been a barrister for over 35 years. She has a busy criminal practice and is available for both prosecution and defence work. She has held an Indictable Crime Certificate since its inception.

She is on the list of preferred counsel for Victoria Legal Aid; the list of counsel retained by the OPP; and the panel of barristers briefed by the Commonwealth DPP.

Sarah appears in complex jury trials in the Supreme and County Court, as well as the Indictable and Summary streams in the Magistrates’ Court, and the Court of Appeal. She appears regularly on circuit. She also has longstanding experience in coercive examinations and inquisitorial jurisdictions including IBAC and the Coroners’ Court.

Sarah has lived and travelled in the Pacific region and has a strong interest in engagement with our neighbours in the region. An active member of the Bar’s International Advocacy Training Committee since 2021, she has provided pro bono in-country advocacy to lawyers in Vanuatu (2022 and 2024, as team leader) and Tonga (2024). She has coached and mentored Pacific lawyers in person as part of the IATC’s Train the Trainer programs held in Melbourne (2024-5) and online to lawyers in PNG, Tonga and Solomon Islands during 2021-2.

Sarah has also served on the Criminal Bar Association Committee (2009-2010) and the Equality and Diversity Committee of the Victorian Bar (2018).