Jo Sidhu
Navjot Sidhu | |
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Navjot Sidhu | |
 Navjot Sidhu KC speaking at an event in parliament 2018 | |
| Born | London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Years active | 1993–present |
Navjot Sidhu KC (Punjabi: ਜੋ ਸਿਧੁ) (born in 1966 in Southall, London) is a British criminal law barrister and King's Counsel.
Career
[edit]Sidhu has worked as a criminal law barrister since 1993.[1]
He is a past chairman of the Criminal Bar Association.
He was the chairperson for the Society of Asian lawyers, the biggest BAME lawyers’ society in the UK representing over 3,000 members[2] and since 2001 he has been the Vice chair of the Equality & Diversity Committee of the Bar Council.[3]
In 2012 Sidhu was appointed Queen's Counsel a rank awarded to about 8% of practising barristers.[4] He is one of about 100 BAME QCs in Britain of whom few have Punjabi origin.[5]
Like other successful criminal practitioners, Sidhu specialises in serious crime, typically terrorism, homicides and conspiracies involving frauds, robberies and drug trafficking.[6] He was a target of death threats and online harassment lasting 12 months in 2015. After police were unable to provide assistance due to a lack of resources, Sidhu hired a forensic computer expert to track the cyber-criminal behind the smear campaign, who was then jailed for five years.[7]
Sidhu has said that the government must do more to tackle cyber threats of this nature.[8][9]
Sidhu relinquished his practising certificate and is no longer a practising barrister in England and Wales.[10]
Awards and recognition
[edit]In 2016, Sidhu was awarded the UK's Asian Professional of the Year Award 2016.[11]
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- ^ "British Punjabis 9th August 2014 (p. 13)". British Punjabi Magazine. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ "The Legal 500 > 25 Bedford Row (Chambers of Paul Mendelle QC, George Carter-Stephenson QC and Je) > London, ENGLAND > Lawyer profiles > Jo Sidhu QC". www.legal500.com. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ Gates, James (12 March 2012). "Ealing barrister attains highest of legal honours". getwestlondon. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ "Queen's Counsel statistics - Bar Standards Board". www.barstandardsboard.org.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ "Fraudster jailed for stalking barrister". Kent Online. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ "Barrister hit with death threats in revenge for his war on corruption". Evening Standard. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ "This is why the government must do more to tackle cyber threats". Metro. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ "Law should protect, not curtail, freedom of speech". Law Society Gazette. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/criminal-bar-firebrand-sidhu-stops-practising/5120277.article
- ^ ABPL. "2016". www.abplgroup.com. Retrieved 24 June 2018.