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Sarah Garth

Partner

England & Wales

020 3319 3700

sarah.garth@keystonelaw.co.uk

Sarah is a senior employment law expert who assists businesses and senior executives on a variety of employment issues. Her expertise includes advising on complex and sensitive disciplinary and grievance issues, large-scale restructures, redundancy programmes and TUPE. She is also very experienced in advising on senior executive severances, both acting for businesses and executives.

Should a situation arise whereby matters escalate to an employment tribunal, the courts or an injunction is required, Sarah has extensive experience in all areas, obtaining favourable outcomes for clients especially with complex discrimination claims. She is experienced in dealing with sensitive and high-profile cases which involve media interest, managing PR and reputational issues, and obtaining Restricted Reporting Orders.

Expertise

Sarah advises on complex Employment Tribunal litigation, including discrimination, harassment, whistleblowing, and contractual disputes, representing both employers and employees in high-profile and sensitive cases.

Experience

  • Successfully defended a highly contentious and sensitive race discrimination claim against a school which attracted significant national media interest. Indemnity costs were awarded.
  • Achieved a significant financial award acting for a former employee who claimed she had been sexually harassed by the owner of the company.
  • Successfully acted for three female consultant doctors to prevent their employer from forcing them to join an out-of-hours rota.

Sarah is instructed by employers on complex TUPE matters, including large-scale outsourcing, multi-party disputes, and union-led claims, with extensive experience defending collective actions and negotiating successful resolutions.

Experience

  • Successfully resolved a multi-party action brought by a union (on behalf of over 200 employees) against a facilities management company for TUPE-related claims, including protective awards.
  • Successfully defended claims brought by two unions for unfair dismissal on behalf of over 100 members.
  • Advised a media company on complex TUPE provisions involved in the outsourcing of a service.

Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.

Recognition

Recognised by The Legal 500 for Employment: Employers 2024, 2026

Member of the Employment Lawyers Association (ELA)

“Sarah Garth is extremely commercial, with a very good sense of what will win or lose a case. She is highly responsive and personable.”

The Legal 500 2026

Sarah qualified as a solicitor in 2001. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2021, she worked at:

  • Gateley LLP

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