Carly Sandbach

Practice Areas

Carly is a leading junior whose practice covers all aspects of chancery and commercial litigation and advisory work. She has a broad range of experience in matters including insolvency (both personal and corporate), company and partnership, directors disqualification, professional negligence, banking, mortgage, guarantees and recovery of assets, trusts, contractual disputes and sale of goods.

She regularly appears in the High Court and at all levels up to and including the Court of Appeal; she also undertakes Arbitrations.

Clients report that she is sensible and down-to-earth, fights cases with vigour and is proactive and able to quickly grasp the issues. She has a reputation for her thoroughness; her preparation for hearings and conference is excellent.

Her reported cases include her success before the Court of Appeal in the Second Appeal in Yang v Official Receiver & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 1465, clarifying a significant area of personal insolvency law on which there was no existing authority, and Allsop v Banner Jones Ltd (t/a Banner Jones Solicitors) [2021] EWCA Civ 7, clarifying the proper application of the Phospate Sewage Test.

Career

Junior Counsel to the Crown (Provincial Panel) 2010, reappointed to Regional Panel A 2018

Professional Memberships

Chancery Bar Association (also Elected Committee Member)

Northern Business and Property Bar Association (also Elected Committee Member)

Member of the R3 General Technical Committee

Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3)

Personal

First Class Honours degree in Law at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge; highest ranking student in her year on the Bar Vocational Course.