Shanthi Sivakumaran

Inquests and Public Inquiries

Immigration

Administrative & Public Law

International Law

International Criminal Law

Immigration Detention Group

Shanthi has an established public law and human rights practice; she has been instructed in major public inquiries and inquests and related civil actions. Prior instructions include the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, Undercover Policing Inquiry and the Covid-19 Inquiry. She also acts in civil claims, including claims arising from violations of the human rights act, against public law authorities. Shanthi has a particular interest in public law challenges to government policies affecting the most vulnerable communities.

Shanthi’s related international law practice has focused on securing accountability for grave human rights violations through creative use of national and international mechanisms.

Shanthi’s practice has been informed by her experience working with local community groups in the UK and internationally. Before coming to the Bar, Shanthi worked in international human rights. 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.

Administration Law Practitioners Association

Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association

Inquest Lawyers Group

Bar Human Rights Committee

UKLGIG, Still Falling Short, The standard of Home Office decision making in asylum claims based on sexual orientation and gender identity (2018)

Human Rights Lawyers Association Journal, The Year of Reckoning of the International Criminal Court (2015) 1 YHRL (2015)

TRIAL, FIDH, ECCHR, Make Way for Justice: Universal Jurisdiction Annual Review 2015 (contributor) (2015)

Shanthi has experience delivering workshops to civil society in Africa and Asia and is happy to discuss delivering bespoke in-house training or workshops.

Pegasus Paris Bar Exchange

Bar Professional Training Course, University of Law

Exhibition Award, Inner Temple

LLM International Human Rights Law, SOAS, University of London

LLB English with European Law, University of Leeds

Erasmus Exchange Programme, Université de Jean-Moulin III, France