Sunyana Sharma
Sunyana Sharma is a regulatory and professional disciplinary law specialist with significant expertise in maritime, fisheries, inquest and health and safety law. She has been appointed to the C list of Specialist Regulatory Advocates for The Health and Safety and Environmental Law Executive.
She regularly prosecutes, defends and advises in actions brought by the Maritime Coastguard Agency (‘MCA’). She has also defended a number of cases prosecuted by the Marine Management Organisation (‘MMO’). Her cases have included:
- Collisions at sea
- Health and safety breaches
- Pollution offences
- Illegal fishing
- Registration and technical failures.
Her clients include: masters, fisherman, owners, charterers, operators, harbour authorities and the MCA. She represented the owners of a multinational fishing company in the largest illegal fishing matter of the Falkland Islands coast.