Sarah Bolt

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Sarah manages a caseload for several major airlines and their respective insurers in defending personal injury, baggage and cargo claims.  She has experience with litigation in a number of international jurisdictions with a focus on Africa and the Middle East.

Sarah has notable court experience for her qualification years and has assisted on a number of complex personal injury matters involving English litigation in the High Court with one case of suspected serious fraud on the part of the Claimant, and one £12 million claim which was successfully defended at trial.

She studied at the University of Southampton and graduated with a first class degree in law.  Sarah completed her training contract with the firm before qualifying into the aviation practice group in 2017.

Experience

• Advising on a major loss involving the death of 158 passengers and crew.
• Advising on a successful subrogated recovery action in Ethiopia with a US$8million recovered for a market of 35 reinsurers.
• Advising on an incident involving injuries to multiple disabled passengers following the collapse of a passenger assistance lift.
• Presented at claims reviews in both Mumbai and Bahrain.
• Drafted contractual terms for a UK based aerodrome in relation to a third party air show.
• Representing an aircraft owner in respect of a fatal accident involving the pilot and a minor passenger.
• Defending a UK carrier in relation to a complex personal injury claim with proceedings in the High Court.
• Handling claims for two major African airlines.
• Handling third party damage claims within aviation sphere, e.g. damage to aircraft and other airside vehicles/equipment arising from ground handling mishaps.