At 2TG our people are hard-working, forward-thinking and approachable. We believe our supportive culture is one of our greatest strengths.
With the set comprising around 60 barristers, we know each other well and work effectively together. We often operate in large teams with clients. Our practice management team is modern and commercial, matching barrister experience thoughtfully to clients’ requirements.
At 2TG our barristers are expert in a broad range of complementary practice areas and we enjoy repeat instructions from a variety of loyal clients.
Practised advocates from the start, all our Silks and the vast majority of our Junior barristers are recognised as leaders in their chosen fields. Many of us are at the forefront of shaping the law in our specialist areas and we pride ourselves in having excellent industry knowledge.
At 2TG our barristers have excellent experience acting across a range of industry sectors and we are able to offer advice in an informed and commercial context.
Our combination of practice area excellence and industry expertise means we possess real insight into the commercial realities facing our clients operating in these areas. Secondment plays an important part of our commitment to developing our skills and understanding.
2TG is home to award-winning accredited mediators, arbitrators, adjudicators and experts with considerable experience of alternative dispute resolution.
Our barristers are also skilled as advocates in different alternative dispute resolution procedures and work strategically with clients to understand their commercial objectives, and then to resolve litigation as cost-effectively and expeditiously as possible.
Work with an international dimension forms a significant part of many barristers’ work at 2TG.
We appear in international courts and arbitral tribunals all over the world, frequently acting on complex multi-jurisdictional disputes. We are particularly well-known for managing cross border litigation on matters of jurisdiction and applicable law and appear regularly in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal.
At 2TG, in addition to our professional advice, we are recognised for our excellent contribution to education and development. We provide regular high-quality training.
Our reputation among the legal profession and other clients for our first-rate webinars and in-person conferences is very important to us. We also contribute frequently at industry events and as editors of leading texts and authors on topics of legal interest.
With many years of experience in both professional negligence and personal injury litigation, Sarah Vaughan Jones KC has specialised in disputes involving health professionals or complex medical issues since taking Silk in 2008.
Sarah is recognised as a Leading Silk in clinical negligence. Chambers UK ranks Sarah as a Band 1 Silk in clinical negligence, describing her as “very bright, incredibly thorough and good company”, while she is described in Legal 500 as “the best silk for defendant clinical negligence”. There is particular praise for her “really good manner with clients and witnesses” and her ability to do “an incredibly thorough job.” Sarah has a reputation as “an asset to any team” who “never fails to impress in terms of her medical knowledge”: with “incisive analysis and grasp of detail”, she “quickly identifies the key issues and gets to the point quickly” and has “excellent judgment”. Sarah is known for her “excellent grasp of medicine” and as “a fearsome negotiator at round table meetings, thanks to her robust and straightforward approach” and solicitors also value her “terrific” conference skills (Chambers UK).
Sarah has been shortlisted as the 2024 Clinical Negligence Silk of the Year by the Legal 500 Guide.
Sarah acts for both claimants and defendants in clinical negligence claims against hospital trusts and health authorities, GPs and private providers, as well as members of the ancillary professions such as out-of-hours providers and physiotherapists. She is regularly instructed on behalf of the NHSLA. In Silk, her practice has focussed on claims arising out of obstetric and neonatal mismanagement, claims for wrongful birth, spinal surgery, brain surgery, delayed diagnosis of infection (meningitis, vasculitis etc) and management of suicidal patients.
X v an NHS Trust [2016]
Representing defendant in defending claim for alleged negligence in conduct of spinal operation.
A v University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 366 (QB)
Assessment of damages in claim for cerebral palsy sustained at birth.
S v an NHS Trust [2015]
Defending claim for alleged delay in delivery of second twin.
P v an NHS Trust [2015]
Claim for damages for tetraplegia due to spinal cord ischaemia. Represented the defendant which admitted misinterpretation of MRI scans but disputed causation, alleging claimant’s paralysis would have been inevitable, even with earlier diagnosis of spinal cord ischaemia. Complex medical issues. Claimant discontinued shortly before trial.
Z v an NHS Trust
Defending claim for alleged failure by doctor in Emergency Department to admit patient with chronic condition because of intercurrent illness.
Sarah has long experience of conducting personal injury claims and is mainly instructed in claims involving complex medical issues such as potential third party claims against medical providers or complex issues of medical causation.
Examples include whether death following bariatric surgery could be attributed to an earlier fall on a defective pavement; claim arising out of carbon monoxide poisoning by a defective gas fire; and claim for brain damage by infant following premature delivery after mother fell on defective pavement.
Sarah has significant experience of settling counter-schedules and conducting settlement meetings in maximum severity claims.
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“Sarah puts in sterling work on complicated and high-value claims and overcomes unexpected hurdles effortlessly.” “Sarah is genuinely excellent. She is truly passionate about her work with an insatiable thirst for knowledge and a keen desire to get to the bottom of the most complex matters.”
Chambers UK 2025
“Her attention to detail and knowledge of quantum issues is second to none. She is exceptionally impressive in negotiations.”
Legal 500 2025
“Always a high performer, you could not be in better hands than with Sarah. She cuts through the issues, challenges those present and, as a result, yields the best results for her client.” “She is one of the brightest silks in this area of work and has an extremely keen eye on the detail.” “Sarah’s really meticulous and very experienced and provides a sense of reassurance.”
Chambers UK 2024
“Exceptional abilities – a cut above the rest.”
Legal 500 2024
“Sarah is superb at matters of utmost severity.” “Her attention to detail and strategic thinking are second to none.” “She is technically gifted, thorough and an outstanding advocate.”
Chambers UK 2023
“Her attention to detail is phenomenal and in a medical context her knowledge is incredible.” “She is superb – spectacular on her feet and incredibly detailed and thorough.” “Excels at cutting through complex medical issues concerning liability and equally brilliant at quantum. She is a master of her art.”
Chambers UK 2022
“Sarah is in a league of her own. She excels at cutting through complex medical issues concerning liability, and is equally brilliant at quantum issues.”
Legal 500 2022
“A highly skilled advocate with incredible knowledge and attention to detail. She offers very sound advice.” “She’s extremely experienced, calm and always well prepared.”
Chambers UK 2021
“The best of the best – razor sharp and can get to the nub of a case very quickly”
Legal 500 2021
“Sarah is very experienced and really understands her clients. She is also superb on quantum matters.” “She is incredibly thorough, incisive, balanced and pragmatic.”
Chambers UK 2020
“A very safe pair of hands and a costs specialist.”
Legal 500 2020
“She is incredibly thorough and has a full mastery of the detail. She is clearly held in the highest respect by her opponents. A pleasure to deal with.” “The queen of quantum.”
Chambers UK 2019
“Outstanding. The best of the best. Her grasp of the law is incredible and she is fearless in court.” “Meticulous, thorough and very good with witnesses.”
Chambers UK 2018
“She’s very bright, incredibly thorough and good company.”
“She’s got a really good manner with clients and witnesses, and does an incredibly thorough job.”
Chambers UK 2017
“A heavyweight silk”
Legal 500 2017
“She never fails to impress in terms of her medical knowledge and her thorough approach”, “provides gold standard service”, “totally dependable and her incisive analysis, grasp of detail, negotiating capability and unsurpassed advocacy skills remain as formidable as ever”, “there is no one better on quantum.”
Chambers UK 2016
“The best silk for defendant clinical negligence.”
Legal 500 2016
“She’s got an incredible eye for detail”, “prepares the most amazing counter-schedules”, “she is extremely impressive.”
Chambers UK 2015
“She is totally dependable and her unsurpassed advocacy remains as formidable as ever.”
Legal 500 2015
“Has it all in her head and is able to explain and pull out every one of those figures as and when she needs them.”
Chambers UK 2014
“Calm and cool” and combines “an intellectual approach with a robustness in negotiation.” She handles numerous cerebral palsy cases and disputes relating to birth defects and injuries.
Chambers UK 2013
Sarah Vaughan Jones KC is an “asset to any team”. She “quickly identifies the key issues and gets to the point quickly”, has “excellent judgment” and, on top of that, she is “terrifyingly bright.” “A wonderful mine of information.” An authority on criminal and civil cases centring on claims of medical negligence, she is a seasoned veteran of GMC and GDC hearings.
Chambers UK 2012
Sarah Vaughan Jones KC is known as a hard-working, clear and sharp practitioner who is “especially good on the medical side.” The market was warm in its praise for her. Clients appreciate her approach to cases and her “very clear, very sharp advocacy.”
Chambers UK 2011
Sarah Vaughan Jones KC enjoys a strong reputation amongst instructing solicitors, one of whom commented that “a first-class job is guaranteed when you instruct her.” She has “an excellent grasp of medicine” and “is a fearsome negotiator at round-table meetings, thanks to her robust and straightforward approach.”
Chambers UK 2010
Sarah Vaughan Jones KC is a “thorough hard worker and a pleasure to instruct.” “Impressive in getting to grips with medical issues” she is especially known for her successes with the private healthcare sector in cardio and hospital acquired infections cases. Sarah’s “ability to master a vast amount of technical detail and give advice that is practical and constructive” is much appreciated. Clients agree that “if you’ve got a complicated case, there are few barristers you could feel more comfortable with.”
Chambers UK 2009
“An adept operator whose reputation has been sealed as a result of her skilful handling of some of the most difficult clinical negligence cases around.”
Chambers UK 2008
The “fantastic” Sarah Vaughan Jones is “a standout” on clinical negligence matters. “Enormously quick” and “terrifyingly bright” she “deals with matters in an expeditious fashion.” Solicitors drew attention to her “terrific” conference skills.
Chambers UK 2007