Sally is an experienced litigation and dispute resolution lawyer, with extensive experience in resolving complex and high value, cross-border commercial disputes.

Sally is accredited as a highly recommended lawyer in the Caribbean Legal 500, 2023, Dispute Resolution Rankings, and noted for her insolvency, asset-tracing and enforcement, shareholder and funds litigation practice in the 2024 and 2025 Rankings.

PRACTICE AREAS

• Insolvency & Corporate Restructuring
• Asset-tracing and Enforcement
• Corporate (Investment Funds, Financial Services and Regulatory disputes)
• Banking & Finance litigation
• Real Estate
• Debt Recovery

In addition, Sally advises and represents clients whose livelihoods or business interests are adversely affected by the laws, regulations, decisions or errors of public bodies and government ministries by way of JUDICIAL REVIEW proceedings.

WORK HIGHLIGHTS

• Advising on highly contentious insolvency proceedings in the Court of Appeal, with leave to appeal granted 5 years after the order under appeal. The CoA granted judgment on the appeal, and awarded costs against the Company and the official liquidators in their personal capacity.
• Advising minority stakeholders opposing a fee approval application made by the Joint Provisional Liquidators’ fees of a PRC registered blood stem cell storage company.
• Representing multiple defendants in Financial Services Division proceedings concerning the alleged misappropriation of investment funds and associated proprietary claims.
• Advising on the receivership of a complex real estate development and unorthodox secured asset structure.
• Representing and advising on the tracing and recovery of assets located across the Cayman Islands, the US and South America resulting in post-judgment worldwide freezing and third-party disclosure orders.
• Acting on the successful appeal to the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal relating to a judicial review of the 6% turnover tax imposed on ICT providers by the Cayman Islands’ Utility Regulation and Competition Office. The Appellant claims that the tax is not authorised by legislation and seeks restitution of taxes paid to date. The CoA overturned the Grand Court’s refusal of leave to apply for judicial review. The claim now proceeds in the Grand Court.
• Advising The Doctors Hospital in its successful Judicial Review proceedings against the Cayman Islands’ Government concerning (1) the lawfulness of long-term contractual financial waivers agreed with certain healthcare providers, and (2) the regulation of the two-tier system of registration for healthcare practitioners in the Cayman Islands.
• Advising in proceedings across 3-tiers of the Cayman Islands Courts in relation to the performance and enforcement of a specific performance order against MV Cayman Ltd (former Margaritaville Hotel and Resort) and the subsequent liquidation of the company.
• Acting on proceedings concerning an application to seal the court file and prevent the publication of proceedings on the Public Register raising questions regarding the balance between the principles of open justice and confidentiality.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)
• Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association (RISA)
• 100 Women In Finance
• Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association (Member)

EDUCATION

• College of Law, Birmingham, UK (LLB)
• University of Cardiff (BA Hons)

BAR ADMISSIONS

• England and Wales (2009)
• Cayman Islands (2017)

TESTIMONIALS

“‘Distinguished by its approachability and prompt, clear advice’, McGrath Tonner fields a team in the Cayman Islands that has experience at every level of court, including the Privy Council” [Legal 500, 2025]

“Entrusted by a client roster that includes both high-net-worth individuals and listed corporates, McGrath Tonner fields a broad contentious practice“

“..not only a brilliant mind, but an excellent strategist” [Legal 500, 2023]