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Shanthi Sivakumaran

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Position

Shanthi has a broad public law practice with particular expertise in Public Inquiries and Inquests, Immigration and Asylum Law.

Shanthi has experience as Counsel to Inquiry and as Junior Counsel to Core Participants to Inquiries.

Career

Year of call: 2015

She is currently instructed as Junior Counsel to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, a position she has held since 2017. She is also instructed as Junior Counsel to Category H (women who were deceived into relationships) and Category F (families of deceased children whose identities were stolen) in the Undercover Policing Inquiry.

Shanthi’s practice has been informed by her experience working with local community groups in the UK and internationally into her work. Before coming to the Bar, Shanthi worked in international development policy and human rights. She coordinated a network of civil society organisations from Africa and Asia advocating on international development policy. She was regularly invited as a Panel Speaker on human rights and development by UN Agencies and International NGOs and has spoken at events held in Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand, Switzerland and Vietnam.

Shanthi is committed to access to justice and is happy to provide pro bono advice to campaign groups and NGOs.

What the Directories say

In Legal 500 2023, Shanthi is ranked as a ‘rising star’. She is described as ‘Committed to her client’s cause and a very industrious practitioner- excellent attention to detail.’

What others say

“She is very good with clients, she makes them feel confident about their case, she empowers them whilst at the same time ensuring that complex areas of law can be understood. She is also careful in her approach and can ease clients though potential legal problems in their cases.” (Solicitor)