Sarah Crowther KC

Practice Areas

Sarah Crowther KC specialises in personal injury, clinical negligence, private international law, public law and discrimination cases.

Sarah has a successful international injury practice, including advising on European law issues especially concerning the EU Motor Insurance Directives and disputes over jurisdiction and applicable law. She has appeared in recent high-profile cases in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, including FS Cairo v Lady Christine Brownlie.

She has experience of litigation in Montreal and Athens Convention claims, including air passenger rights issues. Sarah has handled group and illness claims, including norovirus and food poisoning.

Her broader personal injury practice encompasses catastrophic injury, road traffic, insurance, employer’s liability, sport and asbestos-related illness claims.

Sarah’s clinical negligence work includes birth injury, spinal cord injury and fatal claims.

Sarah has a particular interest in safeguarding matters in sport, appearing in FA safeguarding proceedings and on behalf of the British Horseracing Authority. She is an independent Judicial Chair of the Britich Horseracing Association Judicial Panel.

Sarah’s employment practice includes unfair dismissal, discrimination, equal pay, public interest disclosures and disability claims. She has handled whistleblowing and discrimination claims concerning sports issues and has advised on non-disclosure agreements and regulatory and disciplinary proceedings.

Sarah’s public and human rights law practice, founded on her experience of constitutional human rights appeals to the Privy Council, focuses on discrimination and employment. She has acted in several of the leading cases on religious rights discrimination including Ashers v Lee.

Professional Memberships

Vice Chair of PIBA

Deputy High Court Judge

ELBA