Sarah Havers

Practice Areas

Sarah is experienced in high-value, multi-jurisdictional financial proceedings, as well as international jurisdiction disputes. She is described by clients as “absolutely fantastic” and “extremely smart and tough”.

Sarah advises on all family law issues. Her experience is primarily in high-value, multi-jurisdictional financial proceedings, often involving family businesses, corporate structures and offshore trusts.

She also has considerable experience in international jurisdiction disputes and recently acted in the following reported cases:

1. for the husband in Mantegazza v Mantegazza [2017] EWHC 3811 (Fam) in respect of his successful application to stay the wife’s English divorce petition on the basis that Switzerland was the more appropriate forum.

2. for the husband in Pierburg v Pierburg [2019] EWFC 24 in respect of his successful challenge to the jurisdiction of the English court to entertain the wife’s divorce petition on the basis that she was not domiciled, habitually resident or resident in England.

Career

Sarah studied Modern History at Worcester College, Oxford University. She joined Stewarts in September 2013, having completed a training contract at Manches.

Professional Memberships

Sarah is a member of Resolution (formerly the Solicitors Family Law Association).

Publications

Sarah comments regularly in the press, including most recently in FT Adviser about the introduction of No Fault Divorce in England and Wales.