Sarah is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives and Senior Associate, working in the Medical Negligence department at The Lakes, Northampton. Sarah joined Shoosmiths in 1995, initially specialising in personal injury and then solely in medical negligence since 2006, acting for patients and their families.

Sarah is committed to providing a bespoke service to her clients - responding to their needs and requirements with a flexible approach to achieve the best outcomes.

Sarah supports and advises clients on a wide variety of medical negligence matters and has been successful in obtaining excellent settlements in the following areas:

• Still birth;
• Stroke mismanagement;
• Surgical injury;
• Oncology mismanagement;
• Orthopaedic errors; and
• Amputations.

Testimonials from clients

• “Very impressed with how my case was treated, Sarah Harper was very efficient and helpful I can’t thank her enough”
• “You impressed us very much, we can have peace of mind now the money will keep mum cared for in the nursing home for the rest of her days”
• “I was very impressed with how helpful and efficient Sarah Harper was throughout my whole case , she was very easy to talk to, and explained everything clearly to me. I would certainly recommend Shoosmiths to family and friends or anybody who needed a professional, helpful and friendly Solicitor.”
• “Sarah was just excellent and we can’t thank her enough, excellent service all round, she worked tirelessly and her efforts paid off, thank you so much”

Sarah also supports several charities linked to her work, including Stoke Brewin's a local club for Stroke victims and the "Campaign for Safer Births" and has recently won an award - Community Person of the Year from the Northamptonshire Law Society.

Outside of work, Sarah enjoys swimming, walking, cycling, visiting historical buildings and reading, mainly historical fiction.

Education
FCILEx - CILEx