Sara Anderson

LL.B. (Hons), Associate Director

Family Law

Experienced family law specialist

Sara Anderson is a well-established family law solicitor with over 14 years’ experience across the full range of family law issues, including divorce, separation, financial matters and arrangements for children. She is valued for her calm, clear and practical support during what are often very stressful situations.

Expert in complex children matters

Sara has particular expertise in complex private children law cases, including abduction, parental alienation and applications involving the appointment of a rule 16.4 Guardian. She focuses on securing outcomes that are firmly in the best interests of the child or children involved.

Pragmatic, approachable and client-focused

Known for her conciliatory, down-to-earth manner, Sara combines strong advocacy skills with a pragmatic, non-confrontational approach. She has represented clients from all ages, backgrounds and cultures, and is frequently instructed by those seeking a sensitive yet robust adviser they can trust.

Practice areas

Sara acts in all aspects of family law, advising individuals at every stage of relationship breakdown and beyond. She regularly appears in courts across the Midlands and Staffordshire, conducting her own advocacy where appropriate to provide continuity and reassurance for clients.

Having previously headed up a local family law department, Sara is experienced in managing complex, multi-issue cases involving financial disputes, urgent protective applications and sensitive issues concerning children. Her focus is always on achieving fair, workable solutions that protect her clients’ long-term interests.

Key Specialisms

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Divorce and separation, including financial settlements

Complex private children matters, including abduction and parental alienation

Applications involving the appointment of a rule 16.4 Guardian

Child arrangements (where children live and time spent with each parent)

Injunctive and protective orders

Co-habitation disputes and separation agreements

Pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements

Experience

Complex children law proceedings

Acting in a series of complex private children cases involving allegations of parental alienation and emotional harm, including securing the appointment of rule 16.4 Guardians to ensure the child’s voice was properly represented to the court.

Financial and children issues on divorce

Representing clients in contested divorce proceedings where both financial matters and child arrangements were in dispute, negotiating comprehensive settlements that minimised conflict and supported long-term co-parenting.

Urgent protective applications

Advising and acting swiftly in applications for urgent injunctive relief and occupation orders to protect vulnerable clients and their children, including follow-up work to secure longer-term arrangements and support.

Complex children law proceedings

Financial and children issues on divorce

Urgent protective applications

Sara Anderson on Legally Sound

Meet Sara Anderson, Associate Director in our Family Law team in Dudley. In this video, Sara shares what she loves about helping clients through sensitive family matters, her calm, non-confrontational approach, and how Ansons’ supportive, close-knit team — plus a shared love of football — makes it a genuinely rewarding place to build a career.

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