Sarah L Duckworth
UK Guide 2025
Senior Statespeople : Family/Matrimonial
Senior Statespeople
About
Provided by Sarah L Duckworth
Practice Areas
Sarah is a consultant in the Guildford family law team. With a wide range of practical experience and expertise in all family matters, she has worked on cases involving significant and complex assets, business assets, trusts and pensions, pre (or post) acquired and inherited assets, as well as those with an international aspect. She is also skilled in drafting pre and post nuptial agreements, and applications for financial provision for children.
Often instructed in private children matters, Sarah has advised on disputes regarding child arrangements, school choice, or risk of removal from the jurisdiction, as well as international and internal relocation cases. She is used to dealing with cases where there are allegations of abuse, coercive control, parental alienation, and narcissistic traits.
Sarah’s strength lies in delivering a friendly, professional, and proactive service to her clients, regularly utilising a collaborative approach. She is also one of only a few family lawyers accredited to advise on the division of pensions upon divorce.
Professional Memberships
Sarah is a member of, and accredited by, Resolution as a specialist family lawyer.
Chambers Review
UK
Consultant Sarah Duckworth has experience handling matrimonial finance matters that are highly complex, including cross-border cases and those requiring consideration of substantial property and business assets.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Sarah is a very safe pair of hands. She is very sensible and pragmatic."
"Sarah Duckworth is unafraid of giving the client advice that is good for them but may be difficult to hear in order to steer the case towards the best outcome for them."
"Sarah is a very safe pair of hands. She is very sensible and pragmatic."
"Sarah Duckworth is unafraid of giving the client advice that is good for them but may be difficult to hear in order to steer the case towards the best outcome for them."