Sarah Knox-Brown
Solicitor
You two have literally saved our lives, we would have lost everything but for your help.
Overview
In 2015 Sarah joined Richard Buxton as a paralegal. Upon finishing the Legal Practice Course, in which Sarah gained a distinction, she completed a training contract with the Firm, qualifying in January 2019.
Sarah’s work includes Judicial and Statutory Reviews (High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court), planning appeals, Local Plans (including advocating at EiP), statutory and private nuisance in the Magistrates’ and County Courts, and Town and Village Greens.
With an MA undergraduate degree in Politics, focusing on international, human rights and environmental politics, Sarah wanted to advocate for change, inspiring her to become a lawyer.
Key Cases
Protection of Great Musgrave Bridge, Cumbria
HRE Group objections to retrospective planning permission for bridge infilling
Retrospective planning permission refused for concrete bridge infilling of Great Musgrave Bridge
Success in Local Plan Review
Suffolk Coastal Council Local Plan Review.
Local Plan submissions on behalf of residents to preserve ‘The Layers'.
Kent Coast Development - Flood Risk Assessment
R (Martin) v Folkestone And Hythe District Council
Application of Sequential Test in Assessment of Flood Risk.
Abandonment issue in planning application
Bwlch Du, planning application and listed building consent
Successful planning application, establishing that a building has not been abandoned.
Success in Cotswold AONB Planning Appeal
Planning Appeal, Land at Oakhurst Rise, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham
Opposition to Planning Appeal for outline permission for up to 69 dwellings.
London park barbeques statutory nuisance challenge
Hazell, Kuhn & O’Brien v London Borough of Islington
Residents use statutory nuisance procedure to limit barbeques in small London park.
Consent Order for wrongly submitted certificate
R (Elizabeth Inglis Aitken) v London Borough of Ealing
Ealing Council consent to quash due to incorrect ownership certificate.
Client Quotes
I’ve no doubt you will be running your own company before long. You have been brilliant.
We’re very glad to have had your support, expertise, pragmatic advice and hard work.
We are unbelievably grateful for your hard work... You are being recommended to anyone who will listen.
Qualifications
- MA (Hons) Politics, University of Glasgow (II.i)
- Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL), BPP University Law School (Merit)
- Legal Practice Course (LPC), Anglia Ruskin University (Distinction)
Memberships
- UKELA
Personal interests
Sarah gets her miles in with her love of walking and hiking, be it in the Suffolk countryside, the Peak District, or visiting family in Northumberland and Scotland. You’ll also find her clinging to rocks as much of her free time is spent bouldering, or skiing down a mountain. Generally, you will find Sarah somewhere in the great outdoors. Sarah also enjoys live music and food.