Sunil Sudheesan 苏呢尔
Director
Director, Head Criminal Law Department
Advocate & Solicitor Singapore
LL.B (Hons), National University of Singapore. Class of 2004
Criminal lawyer Sunil Sudheesan is the Head of the firm’s Criminal Law Department. He graduated in 2004 with an Honours degree in Law from the National University of Singapore. Sunil was called to the Singapore Bar on 28 May 2005 and has cultivated deep experience in criminal law ever since.
Sunil handles the entire gamut of criminal law cases including capital cases (murder and serious drug offences), all forms of cases involving hurt (culpable homicide, voluntarily causing hurt and hurt by rash or negligent acts), corporate crime, cheating offences, corruption offences, sexual offences, immigration offences, traffic offences and offences under the Gaming Control Act.
Sunil has had the privilege of being mentored by the storied Subhas Anandan for more than 10 years since 2004. Consequently, Sunil has been involved in close to 1,000 criminal cases since starting practice.
Sunil’s passion is criminal law. He is currently the Vice President of the Association of Criminal Lawyers of Singapore (“ACLS”). Sunil is actively involved in pro bono work and attends regularly at various legal clinics. He is also a volunteer lawyer with the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme (“CLAS”), a non-profit initiative by the Law Society of Singapore to provide legal assistance to needy defendants in criminal cases. For his efforts, Sunil was awarded one of the two Subordinate Courts’ Volunteer of the Year (Advocate and Solicitor category) awards in 2010. Currently, Sunil is one of a small group of criminal lawyers assisting in the Enhanced Guidance for Plea Scheme in the State Courts (“EGPS”). Colleague and fellow criminal lawyer Joyce Khoo assists the EGPS together with Sunil.
Some notable cases (with names abbreviated) include:
• LSC v Public Prosecutor [2006] SGCA 38: Assisted in the trial and appeal of the Kallang Body Parts case.
• TCJ v Public Prosecutor [2008] 4 SLR(R) 306: Assisted in the appeal of the One-eyed Dragon’s case.
• ELH v Public Prosecutor [2011] SGCA 16: Secured acquittal in a murder case on appeal to the Court of Appeal. Established the defence of grave and sudden provocation and sudden fight. The client was eventually sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment.
• Public Prosecutor v CJ and Another [2015] SGHC 126: Appeared as lead counsel in a capital drug trafficking case where the accused did not receive the death penalty as a result of her substantial cooperation and the fact that she was just a courier.
• CKM v Public Prosecutor [2017] SGCA 22: Appeared as lead council in the Court of Appeal in charges relating to Rape and Robbery, where the sentence was reduced from 17 to 15 years’ imprisonment.
• Public Prosecutor v KPY [2018] SGCA 81: Appeared as lead counsel in the High Court and the Court of Appeal. The Accused person was eventually sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment for a charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
• LJB v Public Prosecutor [2019] SGHC 254: Appeared as lead counsel in the Magistrate’s Appeal involving the charges under Remote Gambling Act (now subsumed under the Gaming Control Act). The Court eventually allowed the appeal against sentence and substituted the original jail sentence with a $5,000.00 fine.
• KI v Public Prosecutor [2020] SGHC 265: Appeared as lead counsel in a Magistrate’s Appeal involving corruption charges.
• Public Prosecutor v CNK [2023] SGHC 358: Appeared as lead counsel (with assisting counsel criminal lawyer Joyce Khoo) in the High Court and the Court of Appeal. Assisted the 16-year-old River Valley High School teen in the culpable homicide not amounting to murder case.
• Public Prosecutor v KSE [2023] SGHC 232: Appeared as lead counsel (with assisting counsel criminal lawyer Joyce Khoo) in the Magistrate’s Appeal involving charges concerning the Prevention of Corruption Act.
• Public Prosecutor v LSC [2024]: Appeared as lead counsel (with assisting counsel criminal lawyer Joyce Khoo) in the High Court for a charge of attempt to commit culpable homicide. The accused was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment.
• Public Prosecutor v SBL [2024]: Appeared as lead counsel for the accused who was involved in the billion-dollar money laundering case.
MORE ABOUT SUNIL SUDHEESAN 苏呢尔
MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS
- Vice President of the Association of Criminal Lawyers of Singapore
- Member, The Law Society of Singapore
- Member, Singapore Academy of Law
- Member, Sentencing Advisory Panel
OTHER INFORMATION
- Ranked as “Preeminent” practitioner in Doyles Guide’s Leading Criminal Defence Lawyers – Singapore, 2020 and 2023.
- Member of the Law Society’s Criminal Law Practice Committee.
Sunil Sudheesan
苏呢尔
Director
Director, Head Criminal Law Department
Advocate & Solicitor Singapore
LL.B (Hons), National University of Singapore. Class of 2004
Criminal lawyer Sunil Sudheesan is the Head of the firm’s Criminal Law Department. He graduated in 2004 with an Honours degree in Law from the National University of Singapore. Sunil was called to the Singapore Bar on 28 May 2005 and has cultivated deep experience in criminal law ever since.
Sunil handles the entire gamut of criminal law cases including capital cases (murder and serious drug offences), all forms of cases involving hurt (culpable homicide, voluntarily causing hurt and hurt by rash or negligent acts), corporate crime, cheating offences, corruption offences, sexual offences, immigration offences, traffic offences and offences under the Gaming Control Act.
Sunil has had the privilege of being mentored by the storied Subhas Anandan for more than 10 years since 2004. Consequently, Sunil has been involved in close to 1,000 criminal cases since starting practice.
Sunil’s passion is criminal law. He is currently the Vice President of the Association of Criminal Lawyers of Singapore (“ACLS”). Sunil is actively involved in pro bono work and attends regularly at various legal clinics. He is also a volunteer lawyer with the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme (“CLAS”), a non-profit initiative by the Law Society of Singapore to provide legal assistance to needy defendants in criminal cases. For his efforts, Sunil was awarded one of the two Subordinate Courts’ Volunteer of the Year (Advocate and Solicitor category) awards in 2010. Currently, Sunil is one of a small group of criminal lawyers assisting in the Enhanced Guidance for Plea Scheme in the State Courts (“EGPS”). Colleague and fellow criminal lawyer Joyce Khoo assists the EGPS together with Sunil.
Some notable cases (with names abbreviated) include:
• LSC v Public Prosecutor [2006] SGCA 38: Assisted in the trial and appeal of the Kallang Body Parts case.
• TCJ v Public Prosecutor [2008] 4 SLR(R) 306: Assisted in the appeal of the One-eyed Dragon’s case.
• ELH v Public Prosecutor [2011] SGCA 16: Secured acquittal in a murder case on appeal to the Court of Appeal. Established the defence of grave and sudden provocation and sudden fight. The client was eventually sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment.
• Public Prosecutor v CJ and Another [2015] SGHC 126: Appeared as lead counsel in a capital drug trafficking case where the accused did not receive the death penalty as a result of her substantial cooperation and the fact that she was just a courier.
• CKM v Public Prosecutor [2017] SGCA 22: Appeared as lead council in the Court of Appeal in charges relating to Rape and Robbery, where the sentence was reduced from 17 to 15 years’ imprisonment.
• Public Prosecutor v KPY [2018] SGCA 81: Appeared as lead counsel in the High Court and the Court of Appeal. The Accused person was eventually sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment for a charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
• LJB v Public Prosecutor [2019] SGHC 254: Appeared as lead counsel in the Magistrate’s Appeal involving the charges under Remote Gambling Act (now subsumed under the Gaming Control Act). The Court eventually allowed the appeal against sentence and substituted the original jail sentence with a $5,000.00 fine.
• KI v Public Prosecutor [2020] SGHC 265: Appeared as lead counsel in a Magistrate’s Appeal involving corruption charges.
• Public Prosecutor v CNK [2023] SGHC 358: Appeared as lead counsel (with assisting counsel criminal lawyer Joyce Khoo) in the High Court and the Court of Appeal. Assisted the 16-year-old River Valley High School teen in the culpable homicide not amounting to murder case.
• Public Prosecutor v KSE [2023] SGHC 232: Appeared as lead counsel (with assisting counsel criminal lawyer Joyce Khoo) in the Magistrate’s Appeal involving charges concerning the Prevention of Corruption Act.
• Public Prosecutor v LSC [2024]: Appeared as lead counsel (with assisting counsel criminal lawyer Joyce Khoo) in the High Court for a charge of attempt to commit culpable homicide. The accused was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment.
• Public Prosecutor v SBL [2024]: Appeared as lead counsel for the accused who was involved in the billion-dollar money laundering case.
MORE ABOUT SUNIL SUDHEESAN
苏呢尔
MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS
- Vice President of the Association of Criminal Lawyers of Singapore
- Member, The Law Society of Singapore
- Member, Singapore Academy of Law
- Member, Sentencing Advisory Panel
OTHER INFORMATION
- Ranked as “Preeminent” practitioner in Doyles Guide’s Leading Criminal Defence Lawyers – Singapore, 2020 and 2023.
- Member of the Law Society’s Criminal Law Practice Committee.