Past disciplinary findings

Ms Shivani Jegarajah, a barrister, failed to act in the best interests of her client and/or to promote fearlessly and by all proper and lawful means her client’s best interests, in
that on 11 September 2019 she disclosed to the NewJurist journal, without her client’s consent and/or any other legitimate basis for doing so, documentation relating to her client at a) to f) below, which she should have kept confidential:
a) General Case Information Database (GCID) – Case Record Sheet for the period
15 July 2019 to 06 September 2019 and created on 10 September 2019 at 10.26
b) General Case Information Database (GCID) – Case Record Sheet for the period 03 July 2019 to 22 August 2019 and created on 10 September 2019 at 10.32
c) General Case Information Database (GCID) – Case Record Sheet for the period 03 September 2019 to 06 September 2019 and created on 10 September 2019
at 10.34
d) Response to Rule 35 Report (Annex B: part 2)
e) Detention & Case Progression Review dated 27 August 2019
f) Detention & Case Progression Review dated 4 September 2019

Ms Shivani Jegarajah, a barrister, failed to act with integrity, in that on 11 September 2019 she disclosed to the NewJurist journal, without her client’s consent and/or any other legitimate basis for doing so, documentation relating to her client at a) to f) below, which she should have kept confidential:
a) General Case Information Database (GCID) – Case Record Sheet for the period 15 July 2019 to 06 September 2019 and created on 10 September 2019 at 10.26
b) General Case Information Database (GCID) – Case Record Sheet for the period03 July 2019 to 22 August 2019 and created on 10 September 2019 at 10.32
c) General Case Information Database (GCID) – Case Record Sheet for the period 03 September 2019 to 06 September 2019 and created on 10 September 2019 at 10.34
d) Response to Rule 35 Report (Annex B: part 2)
e) Detention & Case Progression Review dated 27 August 2019
f) Detention & Case Progression Review dated 4 September 2019

Ms Shivani Jegarajah, a barrister, behaved in a manner which is likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public places in her or in the profession, in that on 11
September 2019 she disclosed to the NewJurist journal, without her client’s consent and/or any other legitimate basis for doing so, documentation relating to her client at a) to f) below, which she should have kept confidential:
a) General Case Information Database (GCID) – Case Record Sheet for the period 15 July 2019 to 06 September 2019 and created on 10 September 2019 at 10.26
b) General Case Information Database (GCID) – Case Record Sheet for the period 03 July 2019 to 22 August 2019 and created on 10 September 2019 at 10.32
c) General Case Information Database (GCID) – Case Record Sheet for the period 03 September 2019 to 06 September 2019 and created on 10 September 2019
at 10.34
d) Response to Rule 35 Report (Annex B: part 2);
e) Detention & Case Progression Review dated 27 August 2019
f) Detention & Case Progression Review dated 4 September 2019

Ms Shivani Jegarajah, a barrister, failed keep the affairs of her client confidential and/or protect the confidentiality of her client’s affairs, in that on 11 September 2019 she
disclosed to the NewJurist journal, without her client’s consent and/or any other legitimate basis for doing so, documentation relating to her client at a) to f) below,
which she should have kept confidential:
a) General Case Information Database (GCID) – Case Record Sheet for the period 15 July 2019 to 06 September 2019 and created on 10 September 2019 at 10.26
b) General Case Information Database (GCID) – Case Record Sheet for the period 03 July 2019 to 22 August 2019 and created on 10 September 2019 at 10.32
c) General Case Information Database (GCID) – Case Record Sheet for the period 03 September 2019 to 06 September 2019 and created on 10 September 2019
at 10.34
d) Response to Rule 35 Report (Annex B: part 2);
e) Detention & Case Progression Review dated 27 August 2019
f) Detention & Case Progression Review dated 4 September 2019