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Sarah Ellson
  • Sarah Ellson
  • Partner, Manchester
  • +44 (0)16 1200 1773

Sarah Ellson is a partner and head of our Public and Regulatory Law Group and our Manchester office.

Sarah takes a particular interest in regulatory issues affecting health and social care, life sciences and education but has experience of all aspects of the Group’s work, including work in the sports sector, surveying, finance and the security industry.  She presents cases before disciplinary panels and undertakes advocacy at some regulatory tribunals.

Sarah sits as a legal adviser at hearings including at the National College of Teaching and Learning (formerly the General Teaching Council) the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the UK Council for Psychotherapy. Sarah has worked for a number of smaller and start up regulators and licensing bodies, as a result she has been involved in drafting and interpretation of regulations. She has conducted review projects on complaints handling and licensing procedures for public bodies. She regularly works on judicial reviews and appeals arising from regulatory and commercial decision making and has specialist experience in statutory prosecutions in the Magistrates Court in areas including childcare and the illegal practice of dentistry.

Sarah regularly provides bespoke training for Panellists and those who act as adjudicators and also for investigative and disciplinary staff at a range of regulators.

Sarah is described by Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession as  "outstanding, very able, conscientious and innovative" she also impressed sources with her “thorough understanding of the area” and “sensible, user-friendly attitude.”

Sarah is a Committee member of the Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL) and the Manchester Law Society and regularly Chairs and speaks at national and international conferences on regulation in health, bioscience and social care."

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