Sarah Heesom Email and Phone Number

Sarah is an experienced and highly regarded sole practitioner specialising in advice, advocacy, investigations and mediation, with an emphasis on the education sector. Her clients include universities, residential colleges, student unions, schools and child care centres, and their related entities.Sarah conducts a range of complex and challenging internal investigations, including into allegations of staff and student misconduct. She is a nationally accredited mediator and is highly successful at resolving disputes between individuals and groups. Sarah represents her clients in anti-discrimination, privacy, access to information and other external administrative law proceedings. She is highly adept at drafting rules, regulations and policies on a diverse range of subjects, and has a deep appreciation of the importance of developing robust policies and procedures that promote procedural fairness, whilst addressing any immediate health and safety risks. She regularly advises on difficult administrative law and policy matters, and specialises in the delivery of solutions to the complex legal and practical issues that arise from disclosures and complaints of sexual misconduct. Sarah is an accomplished public speaker and has developed and delivered training programs on conducting investigations, student misconduct, sexual misconduct, academic appeals, anti-discrimination and fairness in decision-making.