Sunyana Sharma

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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.

Practice Area

Environment

Panel

Contributing Author

Qualified Year

2006

Experience

Financial Conduct Authority (secondment) (2019 - 2020)
National Grid PLC (secondment) (2017 - 2018)
Nursing and Midwifery Council (secondment) (2013 - 2014)

Membership

ARDL (Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers)
HSLA (Health and Safety Lawyers Association)
HRLA (Human Rights Lawyers Association)
Western Circuit

Qualifications

Coronial Law Short Course (2021)
BVC (Very Competent) (2006)
LLM (Merit) (2005)
LLB (2:1) (2004)

Education

University of Bolton (2021)
London School of Economics and Political Science (2004 - 2005)
London School of Economics and Political Science (2001 - 2004)

1 Contributions by Sunyana Sharma

PRACTICE NOTES

Fisheries Act 2020: UK fisheries governance, Joint Fisheries Statements and management plans, licensing and quotas, enforcement, conservation and financial assistance, with EU‑UK TCA and other international fisheries frameworks

Practice Note This Practice Note presents a concise overview of key elements of the Fisheries Act 2020 (FiA 2020), described as the UK’s first wholly domestic fisheries law for 40 years. The FiA 2020 received Royal Assent on 23 November 2020. Under FiA 2020, s 54, commencement of certain provisions and schedules was deferred. Since 1 March 2021, every part of the Act has been in effect. From 31 December 2020, the UK Government has possessed full authority to determine who may fish within UK waters. The FiA 2020 sets out measures concerning fisheries, fishing, aquaculture and marine conservation, creating the statutory framework for regulating UK fisheries and empowering government to make detailed secondary legislation for that purpose. Schedule 11 to the FiA 2020 amended the Assimilated Common Fisheries Policy Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 (Assimilated CFP Regulation) to maintain its continued compatibility with the legislative regime instituted by the FiA 2020. Pursuant to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (the Agreement), the UK and EU largely agreed to preserve the reciprocal fishing rights afforded to their respective fishing vessels under the EU CFP, thereby ensuring ongoing continuity of access arrangements between the parties for their fleets under that policy as set out therein...

Environment

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