Sarah Falk
Dame Sarah Valerie Falk , styled The Honourable Mrs Justice Falk, is a British High Court judge and senior Judicial Commissioner.
Falk studied law at Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge, becoming admitted as a solicitor for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer by Law Society in 1986. Specialising in corporate tax she made partner at the firm in 1994, notably working on the corporate restructure of EMI in 2011.
Although Falk herself has not experienced Sexism, in an interview she mentioned the issues of working in a male-dominated industry. Referring to being the only female attendee in meetings.
In 2015 she was appointed as a deputy judge of the Upper Tribunal for the Tax and Chancery Chamber whilst still working at Freshfields on a consultation basis.
2018 saw her be appointed as a High Court Judge after 32 years working as a solicitor. At that time becoming one of only three women to be appointed as a High Court Judge direct from a private practice.
On the 1st October 2019 she was appointed as a Senior Judicial Commissioner to the Judicial Appointments Commission, she will retire from this post in September 2020.
Cases
| Case Name | Year | Reference |
| S. Yusuf v T. Yusuf & Pekalp Properties Ltd & Ors | 2019 | |
| Virgin Media £7 million fine by Ofcom | 2020 |