Sarah is a Partner and Head of Modern Family Law in the renowned Family Department of Payne Hicks Beach LLP. She was an integral member of the team which won Family Law Team of the Year at the Chambers High Net Worth Awards 2024 and she is ranked in Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, the Tatler Advisory Address Book and Spears. She is known for having an "encylopaedic knowledge of the law" and for being "very much at the cutting edge of case law with phenomenal client care". She is admired for her pragmatic and constructive approach in securing the best outcome for her clients. Sarah is a leading authority on international children law and modern family law – advising on matters such as international abduction, high conflict parenting disputes, alienating behaviours and coercive control, international and domestic relocation of children, international surrogacy, international adoption and donor arrangements.

Sarah is a regular contributor to the National Press, is a guest University Lecturer on Family Law and Ethics and is influential at national policy level being elected to the Bar Council of England & Wales and the National Committee of the Family Law Bar Association.