Crime

Sunyana has been instructed on a broad range of criminal work including drugs and sex offences, benefit fraud, violence and driving matters. She regularly appears in Magistrates' Courts, Youth Courts and the Crown Court. She has also appeared for government agencies, undertaking work for the National Probation Service, Local Authorities and Revenue and Customs.

Sunyana's notable cases include:

R v Passoni [2009] EWCA Crim 1217 - Appeared for the defendant in an appeal against sentence in the Court of Appeal for burglary and assault occasioning actual bodily harm on an elderly victim

R v Clarke & Others - an all day sentence in a 7 handed 14 count indictment of conspiracy to steal and handling stolen goods in the Crown Court.

R v Lomas - Client acquitted after trial in the Youth Court for GBH.

R v Cosser - Newton hearing on specific allegations made in a domestic assault. 4 out of the 5 allegations found to be unproved in Magistrates' Court.

Sunyana has also assisted in advising on appeals to the Privy Council from the Court of Appeal in Jamaica.