Sarah Worthington

Dame Sarah Elizabeth Worthington, (née Monks; born 18 February 1955) is a British legal scholar, barrister, and Deputy High Court Judge in the Chancery Division, specialising in company law, commercial law, and equity. From 2011 to 2022, she was the Downing Professor of the Laws of England at the University of Cambridge. She is Treasurer of the British Academy and a trustee of the British Museum. Early life and education The then Sarah Monks was born on 18 February 1955 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England. Her parents moved soon after her birth to Uganda, and then to Kenya, where she lived until she was 8 years old. They then moved to Australia. She studied natural science and mathematics at the Australian National University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1974. From 1975 to 1976, she was a doctoral candidate at the University of Queensland, undertaking cancer research; she left without completing. In 1977, while training to be a teacher, she completed a Graduate Diploma in Education at the University of Queensland. Worthington changed directions, going from science to law. Having studied part-time, she graduated from the University of Queensland with a first class Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in 1986. She completed a Master of Laws (LLM) degree at the University of Melbourne in 1990. She undertook postgraduate research in law at Wolfson College, Cambridge, and completed her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1995. Her doctoral thesis was titled "Proprietary interests in commercial transactions". Career