Sarah Hogarth
Partner
Overview & Experience
Sarah commenced her career at a leading family law firm in the city, where she worked closely with Georgina for almost 10 years. Thereafter, she worked at another boutique family law practice, before joining Hamblin Family Law as a Partner in 2025.
Sarah advises clients on all aspects of family law, with a particular focus on resolving complex financial issues for high-net-worth individuals. Many of her cases involve trusts, corporate structures and jurisdictional issues. In addition, Sarah regularly advises upon the negotiation and enforcement of post and pre-nuptial agreements. Sarah also has experience in private children matters, including child arrangements and financial provision.
Sarah acts for a wide variety of individuals from city professionals and entrepreneurs to homemakers. Sarah’s focus is on providing both empathetic and proactive advice and guidance during what is an extremely difficult time in people’s lives.
Sarah is committed to achieving creative and cost-effective solutions outside of the court setting wherever appropriate and possible, tailored to each client’s individual circumstances and goals. Where court proceedings are required, Sarah adopts a strategic and determined approach to litigation.
Outside of work, Sarah has two young sons who keep her very busy. When she has the chance, she also enjoys baking.
What Georgina says about Sarah: I have worked with Sarah for so much of my career that it feels like home to be working together again. She has an incredible ability to put everyone around her at immediate ease and to deal with the most complex of cases without any sign of ever seeming flustered. She is just who you want on your side going through a divorce or family issue. Calm, kind, reassuring, proactive and hard working. Client’s love her and so do we!
- Ladwa v Chapman [2018] (Chancery Division)
- Zimina v Zimin [2017] EWCA Civ 1429
- Z and Z and Others [2016] EWHC 1720 (Fam)
- Z and Z and Others [2016] EWHC 911 (Fam)
- Quan v Bray [2015] EWCA Civ 1401
- Quan v Bray [2014] EWHC 3340 (Fam)
- Representing the wife within High Court proceedings, with interests spanning five jurisdictions and total wealth of c£230m+, generated during the marriage through full and equal contributions by both parties. Successfully defending the husband’s arguments with regards to post-separation accrual and special contribution and securing the wife an award of c45% of the marital pot.
- Successfully defending a variation claim brought by an ex-spouse in respect of spousal and child maintenance following the covid-19 pandemic.
- Representing the wife in Part III proceedings following a divorce in Russia. The case, which included the instruction of four Queens Counsel, was heard before Mrs Justice Roberts in the High Court over a 21 day two-stage hearing and culminated in the Wife being awarded an additional lump sum of £1.148m, together with additional provision for the children. The matter was subsequently brought before the Court of Appeal.
- Representing the husband following a 12-year marriage with 3 young children, where the parties’ assets of c£17m+ were, in the main, generated during the marriage. Following successful negotiations outside of court, the husband was able to retain an 100% interest in his businesses and pre-marital properties, together with a clean break as to capital and income.