Miranda Sadler

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Practice overview

Miranda joined Gatehouse in 2025, following successful completion of her pupillage. She is developing a practice in all areas of Chambers’ work, with a particular interest in commercial, construction, insolvency and company law. Miranda is regularly instructed to appear in the County Court in commercial and property disputes.

Miranda graduated with a BA in English from Harvard University before completing her Graduate Diploma in Law at BPP Bristol, during which she won numerous prizes and scholarships. Miranda completed the Bar Vocational Studies at City Law School with Distinction, for which she was awarded the Goldie Scholarship by Gray’s Inn. Miranda went on to obtain a Distinction in her LLM in International Commercial Law at UCL, achieving the highest mark in the year in her Commercial Remedies paper.

During pupillage, Miranda was awarded the Atkin Senior Scholarship by Gray’s Inn, one of the Inn’s most prestigious scholarships awarded to pupils of exceptional merit.

Before commencing pupillage, Miranda worked as a Senior Editor at FromCounsel, a corporate law knowledge publisher used by leading UK law firms, where she assisted with building a new restructuring and insolvency law knowledge service.

Miranda enjoys running half-marathons and marathons, having recently completed the London Marathon in the spring of 2024.

Areas of expertise

Commercial dispute resolution
Commercial dispute resolution
Miranda’s recent commercial work includes:
- Acting (led by Ryan Hocking) for a company in a High Court claim against a former director for breach of his statutory and fiduciary duties and a former employee for dishonest assistance.
- Drafting a defence in a dispute over an alleged breach of a new build home warranty.
- During pupillage, assisted Miguel Henderson and Alice Whyte (led by Nigel Jones KC, Sarah McCann, Lisa Freeman (of Furnival Chambers) and Emily Betts) with research for the closing submissions in Skatteforvaltningen (Danish Customs and Tax Authority) v Solo Capital Partners LLP & Ors, involving claims for £1.4bn in deceit, conspiracy, unjust enrichment, breach of constructive trust, dishonest assistance and knowing receipt arising out of complex share trading.
- During pupillage, assisted Paul Strelitz with research in a multi-day strike out and summary judgment application in a seven-figure breach of warranty dispute.
Construction & engineering
Construction & engineering
Miranda’s recent construction work has included:
- Drafting a defence in a dispute over an alleged breach of a new build home warranty.
- Acting for a contractor in a one day small claims trial involving a claim breach of contract and a counterclaim for final payment in a residential construction dispute.
Miranda also gained experience of a range of construction disputes, including adjudication proceedings, during pupillage.
Property
Property
Miranda accepts instructions in both commercial and residential property disputes.

She regularly appears in the County Court for small claims and fast-track trials and hearings, including possession, anti-social behaviour injunctions, directions hearings, and interim applications. She also has a broad written practice and is frequently instructed to advise on quantum in housing disrepair claims and settle written pleadings.

During pupillage, Miranda assisted with drafting the grounds of appeal in a complex multi-party property dispute between a legal owner, beneficial co-owner and a lender, involving priority of interests and accounting for development expenditure.

Qualifications

BA, English – Harvard (2019)
GDL – BBP Bristol (2020)
BVS – City, University of London (2022)
LLM in International Commercial Law – University College London (2023)

Prizes and scholarships

Atkin Senior Scholarship, Gray’s Inn (2024)
1st in year for Commercial Remedies on the LLM, UCL (2023)
Goldie Scholarship, Gray’s Inn (2021)
GDL runner up prize, Bar Council Law Reform Essay Competition (2020)
Graduated cum laude and received high honours in English from Harvard University (2019)
Career Commitment Scholarship, BPP (2019)