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Provided by Sarah Salmon
Public, property and social housing law.
Sarah is ranked as a leading junior in Legal 500 for Administrative Law and Human Rights, Social Housing and Social Housing (Wales and Chester Circuit), and is recommended in Chambers and Partners for Housing. In 2024, she was appointed to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s panel of counsel (B panel) and nominated for Property and Housing Junior of the Year in the Legal 500 Bar awards.
Sarah has represented public bodies (including the police), charities, local authorities, housing associations, individuals and companies in her specialist areas. She was chair of the Social Housing Law Association from January 2019 to December 2022. She is now the chair of the Wales branch of SHLA. As part of her role at SHLA Wales, Sarah helped draft evidence to the Senedd in October 2025 in relation to the Building Safety (Wales) Bill.
Sarah was Highly Commended in the 2020 Junior Pro Bono Barrister of the Year category at the Advocate Bar Pro Bono Awards and, in the same year, was chosen to take part in the Bar Council’s inaugural leadership programme. Sarah participated in the Master of the Rolls Working Group on possession proceedings (2020) and was part of the JUSTICE housing disputes working party (2019). In 2018, she was part of the advisory board from the report Closing the Gaps: Health and Safety in Housing, commissioned by the charity Shelter following the Grenfell Tower fire.
Provided by Chambers
Sarah Salmon is well versed across all aspects of landlord and tenant law, with particular expertise in antisocial behaviour cases and complex possession proceedings. She is widely praised for her advocacy skills and highly respected for her leading commentary on housing law and judicial reviews. Her complementary acumen in public law matters buttresses her enviable practice.
Provided by Chambers
She has a wealth of experience and utilises this experience to provide realistic appraisals of the merits of a case. She is meticulous is her approach, but incredibly sharp.
Sarah is one of the best barristers in housing law and the first port of call when the chips are down and my client needs a result.
She has a wealth of experience and utilises this experience to provide realistic appraisals of the merits of a case. She is meticulous is her approach, but incredibly sharp.
Sarah is one of the best barristers in housing law and the first port of call when the chips are down and my client needs a result.