Sarah Haren
Biography
Sarah Haren KC is a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Law.
She has been a member of a leading London Chancery set of chambers, 5 Stone Buildings, since 2000. She practises in a wide-range of Chancery work, both contentious and non-contentious. Her principal areas of expertise are probate and the administration of estates, including family provision, trusts, taxation and related professional negligence and real property, in particular proprietary estoppel and beneficial ownership disputes. She was appointed KC in 2021. She has acted in several important decisions such as Simon v Byford [2014] EWCA Civ 280 (testamentary capacity and knowledge and approval); Graham-York v York [2015] EWCA Civ 72 (quantification of beneficial interests in a constructive trust); Lonsdale v Wedlake Bell LLP [2024] EWHC 712 (KB) (solicitors’ liability under White v Jones principles to beneficiaries of an inter vivos trust). She also has a particular interest in partnership law and is co-author of one of the leading textbooks in the field, Partnership Law, published by Bloomsbury, 7th edition forthcoming in 2025. She frequently delivers talks and lectures on topics relevant to her areas of practice.
Sarah has co-taught seminars on the Succession Law course at undergraduate level in 2023/4 and 2024/5.