Sarah McCarthy

Sarah is a Principal Lawyer in the Family and Trusts & Estates department in our Lancashire office. She joined the firm in June 2012.

Her areas of specialism include:

• divorce and matrimonial finance
• disputes relating to children
• inheritance claims
• collaborative family law
• pre and post nuptial agreements
• separation agreements
• civil partnerships
• administration of estates
• wills

Recent cases Sarah has worked on include:

• acting for a client with millions of pounds worth of assets whose wife was claiming 50% in a divorce settlement
• working for a client with marital assets overseas and a complex offshore pension scheme
• a case involving a pre-marital agreement which was prepared pre the Radmacher case. The client’s marriage broke down years after and Sarah made an application to the Court for notice to show cause as to why the wife should not be bound by the agreement. The application was successful and the pre-marital agreement was upheld. 

Employment: Sarah joined another law firm in 1998, qualifying as a solicitor in 2000. She became a Partner in 2007 and was made head of the family department in 2011. In 2012 she joined Linder Myers.

Memberships: Sarah is a member of Resolution and a secretary for Lancashire and Cumbria Resolution committee. She is a trained collaborative lawyer.

To sum up her approach to work, Sarah says “when appropriate, and particularly when there are children to consider, the Collaborative approach can provide a forum for both parties to raise points, have discussion and reach a financial agreement enabling them to move forward and continue to co-parent their children despite their separation”.

Sarah lives in Blackburn with her husband and son. She enjoys reading and spending time with her family.