Katie is an established criminal regulatory, inquests and inquiries practitioner and is ranked as a leading junior in Chambers & Partners in these areas.
She has experience acting in criminal regulatory cases spanning a wide range of industries including construction, retail, agriculture, the management and maintenance of buildings and waste management. She has acted in cases defending both individuals and organisations. She also regularly acts as junior counsel in high-profile cases including defending Serco Ltd in a 17-day Newton Hearing arising from the first death of a custody officer during a control and restraint procedure in the UK and acting for the company in the corporate manslaughter prosecution of Greenfeeds Ltd. She is currently instructed in respect of the December 2022 Haut De Mont explosion in Jersey; the Beechmere Extra Care Facility fire in Cheshire in 2019; and the Grenfell Tower MPS Investigation.
Dovetailing with her criminal regulatory work, Katie is regularly instructed in jury inquests involving deaths at work. She has also acted in inquests involving deaths of residents of registered social housing and care homes. She recently represented a Russell Group university in respect of an inquest arising from a student suicide.
As with her criminal regulatory practice, she also acts as junior counsel in complex and high-profile public inquiries and inquests. Katie represented the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and Reading Borough Council in the Forbury Gardens Terror Attack Inquest. She is currently instructed in the COVID-19 Inquiry and in the Cranston Inquiry.
Prior to joining Chambers, Katie was employed on the Civil Service Fast Stream where she gained valuable public and commercial sector experience through her roles in communication, legislative reform and international trade.
Outside of work, Katie is a keen tag rugby player and was part of the world cup winning Women’s Over 30s team at the 2023 World Cup.
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- James Ageros KC, Mark Balysz KC and Katie Sage secure acquittals in Fire Safety trial
- Forbury Gardens Terror Attack Inquests conclude – Jack Murphy represents Ambulance Service commended for its response
Events
- Criminal Regulatory Seminar at the Midland Hotel, Manchester
- “Keeping an eye on COVID-19: the morning after the night before” by Harry Vann & Katie Sage
Articles
- The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 – The Road To Life Imprisonment? By Katie Sage and Jack Murphy
- Innocent until probably guilty
Qualifications
- BPTC, Outstanding
- BCL
- BA (Hons) Oxon, First Class
- Hardwicke Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn
- Lord Denning Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn
- Buchanan Prize, Lincoln’s Inn
- Sir Roger Bannister Scholarship, Pembroke College
- Pembroke College Exhibition
Memberships
- HSLA
- South Eastern Circuit
Recommendations
“Katie is outstanding.”…”She is a go-to junior in health and safety who offers well-articulated advice in a timely manner.”…”Katie is fantastically organised and really astute on the key points of the law.”
Chambers & Partners, 2025
“Katie is exceptionally talented and very tactically astute.”…”Katie is an extremely thorough and safe pair of hands with an excellent eye for the details.”
Legal 500, 2025
“Katie is never phased by complex and large-scale issues that require a detailed analysis.”…”She does a lot of our cases because she’s very reliable and very diligent.”
Chambers & Partners 2024 (Health & Safety, Leading Junior)
“She is excellent in conference, very well prepared and thorough, and gives very reasoned and sensible advice, which is carefully explained to clients. She’s happy to support her instructing solicitor throughout the case and is excellent in court.”… “Her written work is fantastic; she’s good with clients, assertive and very self-assured.” … “Katie is a really clear communicator, who has an excellent grasp on the law but is really commercial with it.”
Chambers & Partners, 2024 (Inquests & Inquiries, Leading Junior)
“Katie is very thorough. Excellent in conference with clients and experts, she is an outstanding advocate.”
Legal 500, 2024 (Inquests & Inquiries, Leading Junior)
“Katie is very attentive and good with clients.” …”She is very thorough.”
Chambers & Partners, 2023 (Health & Safety, Up and Coming Junior)
“Katie is exceptional. She is really quick and intelligent, and has incredible analytical skills.”
Chambers & Partners, 2023 (Inquests & Inquiries, Up and Coming Junior)
“A real star in the making. Ferociously bright and hardworking, and with incredible powers of recall combined with an intuition for wider case strategy. Clients love her for taking the time to understand the finer detail of a case, and quickly making herself indispensable to the team. There is no doubt she will be a highly sought after barrister in the years to come.”
Legal 500, 2023 (Inquests & Inquiries, Leading Juniors)
“A rising star who has really strengthened the junior end of her set.”
Legal 500 2021 and 2022 (Consumer Law, Rising Star)
