Sasha Barton

Ranked in 2 Practice Areas

Band 1

Police Law: Mainly Claimant

UK-wide

13 Years Ranked

Band 3

Civil Liberties & Human Rights

UK-wide

13 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Sasha Barton

Practice Areas

Sasha specialises in public and private law challenges against state bodies, with a particular interest in serious privacy breaches by state and other bodies, challenging the police for failures to investigate crimes and to protect vulnerable victims of sexual violence, challenging the police and CPS over serious disclosure failures and cases involving other human rights violations.

Career

Commission for Racial Equality 2002-05, Trained at Hodge Jones & Allen, Admitted May 2009, Associate July 2013, Senior Associate November 2014, Partner May 2016

Professional Memberships

• Discrimination Law Association

• Police Action Lawyers Group

• Legal Reference Group for the Centre for Women’s Justice

Publications

‘Common Ground: Equality, good race relations and sites for Gypsies and Irish Travellers’ (Report of a CRE inquiry in England and Wales) 2006; LAG publication ‘Gypsy and Traveller Law’ (Race Discrimination chapter in first and second editions)

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK

Police Law: Mainly Claimant - UK-wide

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Sasha Barton is noted for her expertise in handling novel claims relating to the failure by police to investigate crimes and to protect victims of sexual assault.

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Civil Liberties & Human Rights - UK-wide

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Sasha Barton is adept across a broad range of civil liberties cases, particularly when bringing claims against the police, local authorities and government departments. She is also experienced in handling sexual assault cases alleging police failure to protect victims.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Sasha is highly skilled and a good strategist. She is very on top of all the procedural rules.

Police Law: Mainly Claimant respondent
UK

Sasha is a good strategist when it comes to litigation – she is very much on top of all the procedural rules, and finding her way out of tricky situations.