Savannah specialises in family law and criminal defence. She has a busy practice across both areas, with family work focused exclusively on children matters.
Savannah is a committed and approachable advocate, known for her ability to build strong rapport with clients. She has been praised by clients for her calm manner in court and her commitment to fighting for their interests.
Savannah has extensive experience in family law disputes involving allegations of domestic abuse. She has regularly obtained favourable outcomes for her clients in private children cases including in fact-finding hearings involving allegations of rape and coercive control. Savannah accepts instructions to represent parents and children in care proceedings and is developing a growing public law practice. She is particularly experienced in working with vulnerable clients and those with additional needs, approaching cases with sensitivity and sound judgment.
Savannah is regularly instructed as defence counsel in both the Magistrates’ Court and Crown Court. She has acted in a broad range of cases, including drug offences, offences against the person, burglary, and possession of offensive weapons. She also has experience in protest-related cases engaging Articles 10 and 11 ECHR. Savannah has secured numerous acquittals across adult and youth matters. Her work includes a successful defence in a case involving criminal damage arising from protest activity; advancing a modern slavery defence of a child in the Youth Court resulting in acquittal; and securing the acquittal of a child accused of attempted robbery. Savannah has been able to secure non-custodial sentences in the Crown Court for clients convicted of multiple indictable offences.
Prior to joining One Pump Court Savannah worked as a Policy Analyst at the Bar Council, leading on equality and diversity campaigns at the Bar and advising barristers on the Bar Council’s Ethical Enquiries Helpline. Alongside her legal training Savannah volunteered with Gatwick Detainee Welfare Group, Advocate, the Free Representation Unit, and Rape Crisis England and Wales. She has previous experience working in education, equality and campaigning roles.
Lincoln’s Inn
Family Law Bar Association
Women In Criminal Law
Cassel Scholarship, Lincolns Inn (2020)
Advocacy Scholarship, BPP University (2020)
University of Sussex Criminal Advocacy Competition (2018)
Spanish (intermediate)
BPP University, BTC (Outstanding) 2023
University of Sussex, GDL(with Merit) 2019
University of Sussex, Philosophy and English, BA Hons (First Class) 2016
Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, English and American Literature (YA with Distinction), 2015
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