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Sarah Sackman
Sarah Rebecca Sackman KC MP (born 1984), is a British Labour politician and barrister.
Sackman serves as Member of Parliament (MP) for Finchley and Golders Green since July 2024, and as the Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services since December 2024, before which she was HM Solicitor-General for England and Wales from July until December 2024.
Sarah Rebecca Sackman was born in 1984, and raised at East Finchley, London. Her father, Simon Sackman, a partner in City solicitors Norton Rose Fulbright, is of Eastern European Jewish descent who settled in East London, now living at Hampstead Garden Suburb in North London with his wife, Donna Seruya-Sackman. The eldest daughter of former Minister for Economic Development of Gibraltar and independent MHA the Hon. Solomon Seruya, her mother's Sephardic Jewish family had moved from Tarragona in Spain via Italy and Morocco to Gibraltar, where they own a 150-year old perfumery.
Sackman was privately educated at South Hampstead High School, becoming Head Girl. She went up to read history at Queens' College, Cambridge, graduating with a first-class degree in 2006 (BA, proceeding MA). Then pursuing postgraduate legal studies, Sackman received a Graduate Diploma in Law with distinction from City University (2007), then LLM from Harvard Law School (2011) specialising in cities, housing, local government and poverty law.
Sackman was awarded a judicial clerk scholarship at the Supreme Court of Israel in Jerusalem, being called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in November 2008. From October 2008 Sackman practised as a junior barrister and housing expert at Francis Taylor Building, chambers specialising in planning law.
In 2013, Sackman received human rights training from the British Council in Yangon, Burma. In 2017 the Markaz El-Tathgheef El-Eslami group (MTE) bought Golders Green Hippodrome with the intention of converting it into a mosque. There were a number of objections from residents who cited concerns such as parking and congestion but some opposed the move on the grounds of an Islamic centre being located in an area (Golders Green) with its large Jewish population. Sackman, acting for MTE, said it was hard to see how it had "not been treated differently to other religious groups who have previously used the building." In 2021 Hillsong Church purchased the venue.
Sackman contributed a chapter to Community-Led Generation – A Toolkit for Residents and Planners by Professor Pablo Sendra and Dr Daniel Fitzpatrick on using the law to challenge redevelopment through the courts; the book was published in 2020.
Between September 2021 and 2024 Sackman practised as a barrister at Matrix Chambers alongside Richard Hermer (now Lord Hermer), Attorney-General for England and Wales (since 2024). There she worked on a number of cases mainly focused on public and environmental law.
In 2022 Sackman worked on the appellant team in R (on the application of Coughlan) v Minister for the Cabinet Office against HMG Voter ID trials, arguing that this pilot scheme was unlawful under the Representation of the People Act (2000); the appeal was dismissed by the Supreme Court on the grounds that Section 10 enabled pilot schemes subject to Government encouragement of voter turnout where reduction in voter fraud increased voter confidence.
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Sarah Sackman
Sarah Rebecca Sackman KC MP (born 1984), is a British Labour politician and barrister.
Sackman serves as Member of Parliament (MP) for Finchley and Golders Green since July 2024, and as the Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services since December 2024, before which she was HM Solicitor-General for England and Wales from July until December 2024.
Sarah Rebecca Sackman was born in 1984, and raised at East Finchley, London. Her father, Simon Sackman, a partner in City solicitors Norton Rose Fulbright, is of Eastern European Jewish descent who settled in East London, now living at Hampstead Garden Suburb in North London with his wife, Donna Seruya-Sackman. The eldest daughter of former Minister for Economic Development of Gibraltar and independent MHA the Hon. Solomon Seruya, her mother's Sephardic Jewish family had moved from Tarragona in Spain via Italy and Morocco to Gibraltar, where they own a 150-year old perfumery.
Sackman was privately educated at South Hampstead High School, becoming Head Girl. She went up to read history at Queens' College, Cambridge, graduating with a first-class degree in 2006 (BA, proceeding MA). Then pursuing postgraduate legal studies, Sackman received a Graduate Diploma in Law with distinction from City University (2007), then LLM from Harvard Law School (2011) specialising in cities, housing, local government and poverty law.
Sackman was awarded a judicial clerk scholarship at the Supreme Court of Israel in Jerusalem, being called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in November 2008. From October 2008 Sackman practised as a junior barrister and housing expert at Francis Taylor Building, chambers specialising in planning law.
In 2013, Sackman received human rights training from the British Council in Yangon, Burma. In 2017 the Markaz El-Tathgheef El-Eslami group (MTE) bought Golders Green Hippodrome with the intention of converting it into a mosque. There were a number of objections from residents who cited concerns such as parking and congestion but some opposed the move on the grounds of an Islamic centre being located in an area (Golders Green) with its large Jewish population. Sackman, acting for MTE, said it was hard to see how it had "not been treated differently to other religious groups who have previously used the building." In 2021 Hillsong Church purchased the venue.
Sackman contributed a chapter to Community-Led Generation – A Toolkit for Residents and Planners by Professor Pablo Sendra and Dr Daniel Fitzpatrick on using the law to challenge redevelopment through the courts; the book was published in 2020.
Between September 2021 and 2024 Sackman practised as a barrister at Matrix Chambers alongside Richard Hermer (now Lord Hermer), Attorney-General for England and Wales (since 2024). There she worked on a number of cases mainly focused on public and environmental law.
In 2022 Sackman worked on the appellant team in R (on the application of Coughlan) v Minister for the Cabinet Office against HMG Voter ID trials, arguing that this pilot scheme was unlawful under the Representation of the People Act (2000); the appeal was dismissed by the Supreme Court on the grounds that Section 10 enabled pilot schemes subject to Government encouragement of voter turnout where reduction in voter fraud increased voter confidence.
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