Sarah Ford’s Public Law CV   

Qualifications

LLB Law with European Law (2000) (First Class), LLM (Harvard Law School) (2001), Bar Vocational Course (2002)

Practice Profile

Sarah Ford is an able and versatile junior whose practice encompasses EU and Competition Law, Commercial litigation and Public law.

Sarah Ford has been instructed in numerous judicial reviews acting for a diverse range of clients. Her public and administrative law experience includes matters as wide-ranging as human rights, telecommunications and utilities regulation, pharmaceuticals, competition law and immigration and asylum. She was appointed to the Treasury C Panel in 2007. 

Cases include:

  • R (on the application of the Government of Bermuda) v The Office of Communications [2008] EWHC 2009 (Admin), [2008] All ER (D) 88 (Aug), (Administrative Court)
  • R (Ware) v Neath Port Talbot Council [2007] EWHC 913 (Admin) (Administrative Court)
  • Norris v Government of the United States of America, The Secretary of State for the Home Department and Bow Street Magistrates' Court [2007] 2 All ER 29 (Divisional Court)
  • R (Lundbeck) v Licensing Authority (Administrative Court)
  • R (Synthon BV) v Licensing Authority & Smithkline Beecham plc [2006] EWHC 1759 (ECJ and Administrative Court)
  • R (Headley) v Parole Board (Administrative Court)
  • R (Singh) v Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport (Administrative Court)
  • R (Khamis) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Administrative Court)
  • R (Cinar) v Secretary of State (Administrative Court)
  • Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs v Feakins & Hawkins [2005] EWCA Civ 1513, [2006] BPIR 895 (Court of Appeal)
  • R (Scottish Power) v Ofgem & National Grid plc [2005] EWHC 2324 (Admin) (Administrative Court)
  • R (Takeley Parish Council) v Stansted Airport (Administrative Court)

Career

  • Junior Counsel to the Crown C Panel (2007)
  • Called to Cayman Islands Bar (2007)
  • Barrister, Brick Court Chambers (2003 to date)
  • Pupillage: Brick Court Chambers (2002-2003)
  • Called to the Bar: Lincoln's Inn (2002)

Publications and Articles

  • Contributor to Civil Appeals: Commercial Cases, XPL Publishing (forthcoming)
  • ‘The increased aggression of the EC Commission in extraterritorial enforcement of the merger regulation and its impact on transatlantic cooperation in antitrust' 29 Syracuse J. Int'l. L. & Com. 263 (2002)

Professional Membership

  • COMBAR
  • Bar European Group
  • ALBA
  • Competition Law Association

Further Information

  • Cited as Leading Junior in Chambers and Partners in the area of EU and Competition 2007, 2008 and 2009
  • Languages: French and German
  • Other Interests: Scuba diving (IANTD Full trimix, Megalodon Rebreather), Cinema, Literature