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Nyara Goonewardena
An experienced solicitor, Nyara Goonewardena has steadily built a solid practice in legally aided lower crime and privately funded work. She spearheads a team of enthusiastic paralegals in the magistrates’ court and police station departments in Lloyds PR Solicitors. · Lloyds PR Solicitors
EnglandCriminal Defence, Magistrates' CourtSinhalese, Tamil, Hindi
نبذة
Nyara Goonewardena is a solicitor admitted to the roll in 2019 who has developed a practice in legally aided lower-crime and privately funded criminal defence work. She leads the magistrates' court and police station departments at Lloyds PR Solicitors, overseeing a team of five paralegals and acting as a Legal Aid Agency accredited supervisor, with over 800 cases conducted at the firm.
مجالات الممارسة
Criminal DefenceMagistrates' CourtPolice Station PracticeYouth OffencesDrugs OffencesSexual OffencesDriving OffencesDishonesty
المكتب
الخبرات
Representation at police station and magistrates' courtDefence of vulnerable and marginalised clientsYouth and drugs-related cases (including duress/National Referral Mechanism issues)Dishonesty offencesDriving offencesSexual offences
المؤهلات العلمية
- Accredited Supervisor
- CLAS Magistrates Court Qualification, Cardiff University
- Police Station Accreditation, Cardiff University
- LPC, University of Law – Leeds
- Diploma in Commercial Arbitration, The Institute for the Development of Commercial Law and Practice – Sri Lanka
- LLM in International Law, University of Hertfordshire
- LLB (Hons.), University of Hertfordshire
القيد في نقابات المحامين
- Admitted as a solicitor (2019)
- Legal Aid Agency accredited supervisor
اللغات
SinhaleseTamilHindi