Sapna Devi

Areas of Practice

• Crime
• Extradition
• Professional Discipline

Appointments

• CPS External Advocates Panel (Grade 2)
• Nursing and Midwifery Council Authorised Case Presenter

Professional Memberships

• Criminal Bar Association (CBA)
• Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum (DELF)
• Women In Criminal Law (WICL)
• Early Careers Group, Kalisher Trust

Awards/Scholarships

• Rachel Lawrence Pupillage Prize.
• Inner Temple Exhibition Scholarship (full tuition on the BPTC).
• Inner Temple Duke of Edinburgh Entrance Award.
• The University of Law Provost’s Award of Excellence.
• Clifford Chance International Office Scholarship for Intellectual Property Programme in Hamburg.

Education

• First, Law LLB, London Metropolitan University (2011-2014)
• Merit, Law LLM (Intellectual Property Specialism), University College London (2014-2015)
• Competent, Bar Professional Training Course, University of Law London (2016-2018)

Languages

• Fluent in Hindi, Punjabi & Urdu

Expertise

Sapna practices in crime, extradition, and professional discipline matters. Sapna routinely deals with cases involving serious crime, sexual violence, drugs, fraud, and terrorism-related offences. She is instructed in cases dealing with complex defences and has experience dealing with vulnerable clients.

Alongside her criminal practice, Sapna is instructed in extradition cases representing Requested Persons challenging their extradition from the UK on statutory and human rights grounds.

Prior to the Bar, Sapna worked as a law reporter for the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting. Sapna also worked in other legal roles at Hogan Lovells LLP in the litigation department and for the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Additionally, she has a wide range of experience in criminal law having worked for leading criminal defence firm Hickman & Rose, where she assisted in serious crime, corporate crime, and regulatory matters.