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Sarah Hoskinson

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About

As head of Family Law and Divorce, Sarah has over twenty years’ experience in dealing with complex and high value divorces.

She is ranked in Band 1 in Chambers and Partners’ UK High Net Worth (HNW) Guide, where she is recognised as being “very pragmatic, solution-focused and creative and kind. She is good at understanding her client’s ultimate objectives” and a “simply an outstanding lawyer who it is a pleasure to work with. Her knowledge on pension issues is second to none; she is simply the best. She is very commercially aware”. She is a “Star Individual” in Chambers South West.

Sarah is known for her work on pensions on divorce and also for international divorce cases. A Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers since 2015, she co-chairs their Pensions Committee.

Chambers HNW also says “Sarah is incredibly bright, articulate and really knows her stuff. She has real technical knowledge that is impressive”. She sits on many technical committees and working parties, including the Pensions Advisory Group (and PAG2), the FJC Financial Remedies Working Party, Resolution’s Financial Remedies, Tax and Pension Committee and the Duxbury Working Party.

She is in Tatler’s Address Book as a recommended family lawyer.

Experience

  • Private clients: Advising on financial settlements on divorce where the assets are high value and/or the issues are complex – including financial disclosure, companies and valuations, income structures and pensions.
  • Private clients: Advising on High Court financial remedies/divorce litigation, including forum/jurisdiction disputes, focussing on reaching settlements out of court, where possible.
  • Private clients: Advising on how pensions may be dealt following divorces in other jurisidictions under Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984.
  • Private clients: Advising on complex pre and post nups, often where there are trusts or for international clients where there is more than one jurisdiction to consider.
  • Trustee and company clients: Advising on their position, where they are brought into divorce/financial remedy divorce proceedings.

Credentials

  • Admitted as a solicitor: England & Wales (2003).
  • Partner (2012)
  • Fellow IAFL (2015)

Areas of expertise

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“I instructed Burges Salmon’s family team having worked with the firm for many years [since 2007]. I wanted lawyers who I knew I could trust and had the same pragmatic approach, were human and commercial. They were just that. Whilst the litigation was gruelling, the team continuously tried to find a resolution. I was, and felt, supported by a formidable team. Furthermore, their advice and approach led to an outcome that we could not have even envisaged at the outset (to my benefit).”

Client testimonial 2025

“Sarah Hoskinson is a force of nature. Utterly committed and fiercely intelligent. Her knowledge of pensions is unsurpassed in the industry. She will fight hard for her clients but is always a pleasure to work with.”

Legal 500 UK, 2025

“Sarah Hoskinson is fiercely bright and highly technical. There is nothing Sarah does not know about pensions! She is a tough opponent but always constructive and sensible. She is instructed on many complex big money cases and handles them superbly.”

Legal 500 UK, 2024

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