Sarah Slesser

Team Leader & Senior Legal Costs Negotiator

Sarah joined TLS in January 2025 and is a Team leader and senior costs negotiator.


Before joining TLS, Sarah was a manager at a large national costs firm responsible for day to day running of the firm, assisting fee earners, managing client accounts, and negotiating legal costs.


Sarah has extensive expertise in costs relating to high-value Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury, Mesothelioma, industrial Disease and Housing Disrepair cases

Key Skills

Negotiations

  • Cost Budget negotiations and variations (Precedent R and Precedent T)
  • CPR 45 fixed recoverable costs
  • Disbursement disputes
  • Exceptional Circumstances cases
  • All Civil and Commercial Costs Disputes
  • Enforcement proceedings