JUNIOR PROFILE

Sunyana Sharma

UK Bar 2026

3PB Barristers

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Inquests & Public Inquiries

The Regions (Bar)

2 years ranked

Professional Discipline

London (Bar)

2 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

https://www.3pb.co.uk/barristers/sunyana-sharma/

Sunyana Sharma is an inquest and professional discipline barrister with specialist knowledge in maritime and fishing law and health and safety law. She also has experience in regulatory compliance.

Sunyana Sharma has developed a strong practice in professional disciplinary regulation following secondments at the Nursing and Midwifery Council (‘NMC’) and as in-house lawyer at the General Chiropractic Council (‘GCC’). She appears regularly in most healthcare tribunals for substantive misconduct and health hearings, interim order applications and substantive order reviews. She is regularly instructed by nursing, care homes and GP Surgery’s appealing CQC decisions before the First Tier Tribunal.

As a criminal and regulatory specialist, Sunyana has developed expertise that focuses on the maritime and fisheries sector.  She regularly prosecutes, defends and advises in actions brought by the Maritime Coastguard Agency (‘MCA’). Her cases have included collisions at sea, health and safety breaches, pollution offences, illegal fishing and registration and technical failures.

Sunyana’s experience in inquest work covers medical negligence cases, deaths at sea, fatal accidents at work and deaths in care home settings and suicides of community and voluntary and involuntary patients. She provides added value to inquests as a result of her previous practice area of personal injury in which she conducted clinical negligence claims, work related illnesses and accidents and police misconduct claims.

Sunyana has appeared for both the prosecution and defence in a number of health and safety cases.

Career

Called 2006.

Professional Memberships

Assistant Coroner for Hampshire, Southampton and Portsmouth

Deputy District Judge in Civil and Family law

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Inquests & Public Inquiries - The Regions (Bar)

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Sunyana Sharma of 3PB Barristers is a well-known name across the South and South West regions for her representation of healthcare units, families, police constabularies and the Maritime Coastguard Agency. She has ample experience advising on Article 2 issues, jury inquests, clinical negligence deaths and deaths in the workplace. She has additional expertise in dealing with deaths at sea, a specialist area of law. Sharma sits as an assistant coroner for Hampshire, Southampton and Portsmouth.

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Professional Discipline - London (Bar)

Band 5

Individual Editorial

Sunyana Sharma maintains a strong practice in professional disciplinary regulation following secondments at the NMC and the General Chiropractic Council. She regularly appears before healthcare tribunals acting for a range of healthcare professionals.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Sunyana is extremely effective and diligent. Even in difficult circumstances, she provides a grounded view.
Inquests & Public InquiriesUK Bar
Sunyana Sharma is a pragmatic and versatile communicator. Her drive and determination for achieving the best results for the client are commendable.
Inquests & Public InquiriesUK Bar
Sunyana is so easy to engage with; she's very down to earth and has an impressive depth of knowledge in both regulatory and civil litigation.
Professional DisciplineUK Bar
Sunyana Sharma is a terrific advocate who demonstrates a key understanding of the relevant areas of law and is always a very safe pair of hands.
Professional DisciplineUK Bar
Sunyana Sharma knows what she is talking about has a calm client manner.
Professional DisciplineUK Bar