Sarah Lambert Call: 1994
sarah.lambert@1cor.com Profile Called in 1994, Sarah is an experienced specialist in the fields of personal injury, clinical and dental negligence work, and medical disciplinary work. In addition Sarah has a notable specialist costs practice. Sarah is recognised both by Chambers UK and by the Legal 500 as a Leading Junior in the fields of Clinical negligence & Healthcare, and Costs Litigation. In the Clinical negligence and Healthcare fields Sarah has extensive experience in respect of all areas of medicine and dentistry, from small injuries to highly complex multi-million pound brain injury and obstetric claims, acting both for Claimants and Defendants. She undertakes all stages of work from initial conferences, advice and drafting through to trial. Her caseload involves many claims in which she is led, or in which she is sole Counsel against Leading Counsel on the opposing side. She is frequently asked to attend settlement meetings. She has additional experience of representation at inquests and before the mental health review tribunal. Her Personal Injury practice includes group litigation, abuse claims, RTA claims, employee claims, criminal victim claims, occupier’s liability, trips and slips. In the field of Professional Discipline Sarah represents practitioners appearing before the GMC, GDC and other professional regulators. Her Costs practice covers wasted costs cases (both sides), CFA compliance and success fees, claims against third party funders, costs capping, and personal liability claims against experts. On costs issues Sarah appears regularly in the SCCO, as well as before the County and High Courts, and in the Court of Appeal. Her costs work has also taken her to the UK Supreme Court, and she appeared in the first case to be heard there on 14 October 2009. Directories Sarah is recognised both by Chambers UK and by the Legal 500 as a Leading Junior in the fields of Clinical negligence & Healthcare, and Costs Litigation. Clinical Negligence “has an interesting practice relating to clinical and dental negligence and possesses complementary skills in costs litigation. She recently appeared in Paul Wright v Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Trust, which concerned an allegedly vastly over-inflated claim for damages”. (Chambers and Partners 2013) “Instructing solicitors turn to her time and again as she “delivers at every level” and “clients love her.” (Chambers and Partners, 2012)” “tenacious and absolutely focused” (Legal 500 2012/2013) Costs Litigation “her significant experience in clinical negligence to bear on her costs work.” (Chambers and Partners 2013) “an adroit performer who puts her case across in an attractive and credible manner.” (Chambers and Partners, 2012) ‘extremely competent, approachable and able to spell out difficult sections of law in a very understandable way’; ‘her advocacy skills very often turn a case in your favour’. (Legal 500 2012/2013) Qualifications Magdalen College Oxford BA Hons
Inns of Court School of Law; Very Competent Publications Contributor to Westlaw online law encyclopaedia 2012 Costs entries for Jowitt’s Dictionary of Law 2010 Contributor to the Law Society's Ethics for Advocates Manual, 2008 Co-author, together with Guy Mansfield QC, of "Wasted Costs and Costs against Non-Parties" Sweet and Maxwell Personal Injury Handbook, 2001 and 2007 Contributing author to "An Introduction to Human Rights and the Common Law", English and Havers, 2000, (Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury chapter) Lecture experience Sarah has experience of lecturing at conferences and to small groups, in particular on human rights issues, personal injury and clinical negligence litigation, on the civil procedure rules and on costs.
Appointments Recorder on the South Eastern Circuit (2012)
Deputy Costs Judge (Taxing Master) of the Senior Courts (2013)
Deputy District Judge of the Principal Registry of the Family Division (2013)
Deputy District Judge of the County Court (2013) Significant cases include the following Reported Cases/Cases attracting press interest include;- Clinical Negligence Jacqueline Watson v David Ross RCJ 6 March 2012, Paul Wright v Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, RCJ 7 December 2011, LTL 8/12/2011 Document No. AC9301002 Chipchase v Marsh, 9 July 2010, LTL AC 9200961, claim arising out of the encirclement of a patient’s ilio-inguinal nerve. Christopher Kebby (by his mother and litigation friend Catherine Patricia Kebby) v South West Strategic Health Authority, settled December 2009 for £5 million, cerebral palsy claim acting on behalf of adult c.p. Claimant with a young child of his own. Kim Marion Jones v Matthew Newland, November 2007. Successful defence at trial in a Dental Negligence case. Issue of informed consent. Causation and Chester v Afshar considered 2007, acted for the Defendant Trust in final 3 infant Organ Retention litigation claims Represented affected GPs in MMR vaccine group litigation Smith v Mr Dai Davies, July 2006. (Successful defence at trial of Consultant Plastic Surgeon arising out of rhino-plasty on a patient with active lupus). Steven John Richard Juliff v Drs Hillard, Trigg, Lukaszewicz, 24.5.01, LTL 25.6.01 (allegation of failure to diagnose HIB meningitis on the part of GPs). Matthew Henry Poynter (By Kevin John Poynter) v Hillingdon Health Authority, (judgment 23rd April 1997 (paediatric cardiology). Personal Injury Instructed on behalf of owner/operator of Winterbourne View Care home in Group Litigation by various Claimants 2013,
Carol Watkins-Protain v Beaulieu Enterprises Limited, settled 2012, employee claim by the personal assistant, driver and driver and general factotum to Lord and Lady Montague of Beaulieu. Re Michael Taylor Deceased, 24, 25, 26 April 2012 and 24, 25 October 2011, Eastbourne Town Hall, jury inquest, death from cardiac arrest in Lewes prison of a life serving prisoner. Re LM, December 2011 successful settlement of claim by UK’s best aspiring young American footballer shot in a London nightclub, claim pursued against the nightclub. Professional Discipline GMC V Dr Caolin McLaverty 2012 GMC v Dr Tony Steele 2011 GMC v Dr Mark Mellor 2010 GMC v Dr Sonia Val-Carreras 2010 GDC v Steven Bal Sharma 2009 and 2010 GMC v Richard Evans 2008 2005 Represented surgeon charged under “Operation Ore” in respect of downloading child pornography. Costs Martin Church Deceased v Great Western Hospitals NHS Trust 2012, High Court Part 8 Claim by Claimant seeking to obtain relief from usual costs consequences of accepting a Part 36 offer out of time. Walter Hall v Thomas, Hardwick, Rathbone and the Everton Football Club, Manchester District Registry 21 February 2012, costs capping. Fortune v Roe [2010] EWHC 90180 (Costs) (04 November 2010) ([2010] EWHC 90180 (Costs); From England and Wales High Court (Senior Courts Costs Office) Decisions; 38 KB) E, R (on the application of) v Governing Body of JFS & Anor (Rev 3) [2009] UKSC 1 (14 October 2009) ([2009] 1 WLR 2353, [2009] UKSC 1, [2010] 1 All ER 1; From United Kingdom Supreme Court; 38 KB) Smith v Havering Hospitals NHS Trust [2003] EWHC 9002 (Costs) (30 May 2003) ([2003] EWHC 9002 (Costs); From England and Wales High Court (Senior Courts Costs Office) Decisions; 19 KB) Cafane v London Borough of Lambeth [2004] EWHC 90042 (Costs) (09 September 2004) ([2004] EWHC 90042 (Costs); From England and Wales High Court (Senior Courts Costs Office) Decisions; 36 KB) Cullen & Anor v Chopra [2007] EWHC 90093 (Costs) (21 December 2007) ([2007] EWHC 90093 (Costs); From England and Wales High Court (Senior Courts Costs Office) Decisions; 29 KB) Arkin v Borchard Lines Ltd & Ors [2005] EWCA Civ 655 (26 May 2005) ([2005] 1 WLR 3055, [2005] 2 Lloyd's Rep 187, [2005] 3 All ER 613, [2005] 4 Costs LR 643, [2005] CP Rep 39, [2005] EWCA Civ 655; From England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Decisions; 81 KB) Arkin v Borchard Lines Ltd [2003] EWHC 2844 (Comm) (27 November 2003) ([2003] EWHC 2844 (Comm), [2004] 1 LLR 88, [2004] 1 Lloyd's Rep 88, [2004] 2 Costs LR 231; From England and Wales High Court (Commercial Court) Decisions; 92 KB) Other information VAT Registration No: 662 8709 06 | 
