Shebanee Devadasan
Second Six Pupil | Call: 2023
Shebanee Devadasan
Durham University, LLB (Hons) Law, 2:1 (2021)
Geneva Academy, LLM International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Magna Cum Laude (2022)
Northumbria University, LLM Law, Distinction (2023)
Northumbria University, Bar Course, Distinction (2023)
Middle Temple Jules Thorn Scholar
Criminal Bar Association
Grade 1 Prosecutor
Contact
E: clerks@broadwayhouse.co.uk
T: 01274 722 560 or 0113 246 2600
Shebanee has a criminal practice and accepts instructions in this area, both in prosecution and defence.
Shebanee commenced pupillage at Broadway House Chambers in September 2024 under the supervision of Rebecca Young.
During pupillage, Shebanee observed a range of cases in the Crown Court involving murder, encouraging suicide, serious sexual offences, drug offences, burglary, and offences against the person. She also observed hearings at the Magistrates’ Court and Youth Court.
During her first six, Shebanee helped her supervisor prepare for various, serious sexual, drug, and violence cases. Notably, Shebanee went through hundreds of unused materials, amended indictments, summarised VRIs, drafted sentence mitigations and drafted case openings.
Reputation
Environmental Destruction and Armed Conflict: Protecting the Vulnerable Through Islamic Law (2022) Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law and Practice
Disaster Recovery in Indonesia: A Legal and Policy Survey (2022) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Malaysia’s Race-Based Policies: Utilitarian or Divisive? (2020) Durham Asian Law Journal
Expertise
Crime
Prior to commencing pupillage, Shebanee worked as a paralegal in a Personal Injury Firm in the UK. She regularly reviewed medical and engineer reports, extracting the necessary information in order to negotiate settlements in her clients’ favour. In Malaysia, Shebanee worked with asylum seekers who were victims of crimes within detention centres, demonstrating her ability to work with vulnerable individuals.
Shebanee is fluent in Bahasa Malaysia, and has a working knowledge of Bahasa Indonesia. As such, she can sensitively communicate with, and explain complex information in a digestible way to, those whose first language is not English.
Shebanee has a particular interest in Human Rights Law. Her LLM degrees and academic research demonstrate that she would be excellent at dealing with criminal cases involving Human Rights issues and would welcome instructions in such matters.
Shebanee has written research reports for international organisations, acted as an editor for legal journals, and peer-reviewed articles for academic journals. As such, she can confidently carry out legal research in short periods of time and produce written work of a high quality.
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