Sara Al'Joboori

She has developed and implemented specialist cost management frameworks across multiple public inquiries, creating consistent and scalable processes that support effective financial oversight, value for money and robust governance.

Sara is well placed to advise clients due to her combination of legal, operational and leadership experience gained across public inquiries, managed legal services, complex litigation and large-scale team management. Having built and led specialist inquiry costs teams, she understands both the legal and practical challenges faced by inquiry secretariats, chairs and recognised legal representatives, enabling her to provide solutions that are legally robust, commercially aware and operationally effective.

Her work helps clients maintain financial control, improve forecasting accuracy, manage publicly funded expenditure and implement efficient processes that withstand scrutiny. By establishing clear governance frameworks and cost assessment procedures, she supports clients in reducing unnecessary expenditure, improving transparency and strengthening confidence in the management of complex and high-profile matters.

Sara is a qualified solicitor with more than a decade of legal experience and holds Government Security Check (SC) clearance.

Additional sector specific expertise

Public Inquiries: Expertise in inquiry governance, budgeting, forecasting and legal representative funding.

Inquiry Cost Management: Specialist in managing and assessing Recognised Legal Representative (RLR) costs, delivering robust financial oversight and value for money.

Operational Delivery: Experienced in designing scalable processes and leading teams to support efficient delivery of complex public inquiry work.

Stakeholder Engagement: Trusted adviser to Inquiry Chairs, Secretariats and legal representatives on cost governance and operational matters.

Jurisdiction: England & Wales

• Public Inquiry Cost Management: Designed and implemented a dedicated legal costs and budgeting function for public inquiries, creating scalable processes, forecasting controls and governance frameworks that were subsequently adopted across multiple inquiries.
• Public Inquiry Backlog Resolution: Led the review and clearance of a significant backlog of legal representative cost claims, developing an efficient triage and quality assurance process that resulted in an expanded client instruction.
• Managed Legal Services Programme Delivery: Managed large-scale legal resource teams supporting complex client projects, implementing operational structures, reporting frameworks and process improvements to enhance service delivery and workforce efficiency.