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Sarah King

Partner in Employment

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Sarah King is a senior employment lawyer with over 23 years’ experience of acting for senior executives.

Sarah also sits as a part-time Employment Judge with a strong reputation for client excellence and results. Sarah previously represented the UK (two judges from the UK) at the European Association of Labour Court JudgesConference in Norway in June 2024 to talk on Harassment at the Workplace and the role of the Labour Judge. This June (2026) she is part of the UK team of 4 which has organised and will host the 30th Anniversary conference in the UK.

She was also invited to a parliamentary roundtable discussion in March 2026 by the Policy Liaison Group to discuss NDAs and the future of workplace accountability featuring Zelda Perkins CBE who founded Can’t Buy My Silence and CEOs of leading organisations including Protect the UK Whistleblowing Charity. She was invited due to her involvement in advising senior executives and those involved in whistleblowing and harassment cases.

She frequently advises senior executives on their settlement agreements and in 99% of cases is able to secure a better deal for the client using her expertise and experience. She has handled a number of high-proﬁle matters this year for senior executives and the majority of her work comes from previous client referrals.

Sarah acts for senior executives from a range of sectors. She has acted for a number of directors exiting a household name retailer, negotiated settlement agreements for senior executives leaving ﬁnancial institutions and has brought and settled tribunal claims on various claims including two successfully settled disability discrimination cases. She has secured high value settlements for senior executives in the ﬁnancial sector including complex beneﬁts packages and often advises on shares as part of the exit package. She has acted for a number of senior executives who return again for that valued support and refer other senior execs to her.

She acts for employers too including large employers which gives her a unique three roles visibility to see the issue from the employer’s, employee’s and Tribunal which means she can forge strategies and anticipate the next move. In addition, to her senior executives she has a link with sports and football acting for a premiership footballer in exiting his nanny. She has worked with many premiership football clubs and image rights company directors.

Sarah's Experience

Acted for an employee in the finance sector in a sex discrimination, equal pay, unfair dismissal and victimisation case against a High Street bank following her dismissal from her role after raising a grievance about inequality of pay. The case settled before hearing for over £100,000.
Advised an employee in a compromise agreement (now called settlement agreement) package against a London-based plc for sex discrimination resulting in an exit package of £500,000 including shares. The client then set up her own company and instructed Sarah going forward to set up all employment documentation and policies and provide adhoc advice and Tribunal representation.
Advised a Premiership Football Club to successfully defend a claim for unfair dismissal and breach of contract following a TUPE transfer of security staff to a contractor.
Acted for an employee in a breach of contract claim before the County Court against a plc for failing to make payment under a compromise agreement (now called settlement agreement) which resulted in a large payment for the sum claimed plus costs.
Assisted a plc in establishing an employee forum for the purpose of informing and consulting, and advised them in carrying out a large-scale redundancy exercise without resulting Tribunals or the use of compromise agreements. Sarah also delivered a two-day employment law training course for the same client which was rolled out across the UK for four successive years.
Advised a number of charities about their employment law contracts, policies and obligations.

Legal Services

Employment

Interests

When Sarah is not working, she enjoys spending time with her family and her friends. She loves to travel and is particularly fond of Italian and Thai cuisine. She enjoys watching films, reading, country walks and interior design with a new project always either on the go or in the planning stages.

She is also very active in her local community having taken various trustee roles for charitable organisations, and volunteering for community events.

External Roles

Member of the Employment Lawyers Association

Part-time Employment Judge

Published comments and articles

Testimonials

We began to work with Sarah King and Anca Thomson from Excello Law in 2019. Small charities with no in-house legal expertise often struggle with legal expenses, and depend on pro-bono legal support to ensure their funds create greater impact, reaching the most vulnerable in our society. Our working partnership with Excello Law has helped us better serve the communities we work with, our employees and the wider network of organisations we partner with. We are most grateful for their generous, professional and devoted support.

THE SUZY LAMPLUGH TRUST