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Anneka Jenns
[edit]Anneka Jenns is a British barrister practising in England and Wales. She specialises in public law.
She was one of the complainants in the regulatory proceedings involving Jo Sidhu KC.
Early life and education
[edit]Jenns was born in the United Kingdom however spent her early childhood in India. She is the daughter of Indian music director Hemant Bhosle and the estranged granddaughter of Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle.[1]
During her childhood, she attended a convent school in rural India. In later writings, Jenns described this education as placing greater emphasis on moral education than academic development. She has also written publicly about experiencing an unstable family environment during her childhood.[2]
She briefly attended school in Scotland and later went to art school to study photography in Edinburgh.[3]
She attended law school a decade later in London.
Legal career
[edit]Jenns was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2021.[4] She completed her pupillage with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and qualified as a criminal barrister in 2022.
After qualifying, she practised as a self-employed criminal barrister before pursuing a career in public law within government.[5] During this period, she wrote publicly about barriers to obtaining pupillage at leading public law chambers, particularly in relation to diversity and access to the profession. Her commentary received attention within the legal community and legal media.[6]
Jenns later returned to independent practice and joined No5 Chambers, where she practises in public law.[7]
In 2024, she was one of three complainants in the regulatory proceedings involving Jo Sidhu KC. She was referred to as "person 1" in the proceedings and later went on to waive her anonymity.[8]
The Bar disciplinary tribunal accepted her evidence but concluded that the allegations did not meet the threshold required to establish professional misconduct. She subsequently assisted the Harman Review in its investigation of bullying and harassment and the working culture at the Bar.[9]
Jenns has served as an elected member of the Bar Council[10] and sits on a number of committees at her Inn of Court.[11]
She has also spoken publicly and campaigned on issues relating to diversity, disability, and inclusion within the legal profession.
Personal life
[edit]Jenns has written publicly about her childhood, family life, and experiences of abuse. Although she has never publicly named nor affiliated with the Bhosle family, she has spoken about experiencing abuse as a child, notably difficulties her father faced with substance abuse.[12]
Her parents' divorce proceedings were widely reported in the Indian press in 2010, where her mother, Sajidah Bhosle, alleged cruelty as grounds for the divorce.[13]
Jenns has stated that these experiences, together with the quality of her early education, contributed to academic, professional, and financial challenges during the early stages of her life and career.[14]
She has also spoken publicly about being autistic and having a learning disability, both of which she has said were not identified until adulthood.[15] Jenns has advocated for greater awareness and representation of disabled legal professionals.
- ^ https://ashabhosale.blogspot.com/2009/05/personal-life.html
- ^ https://www.barcouncil.org.uk/media-campaigns/campaigns/iamthebar/spin-off-series-becoming-the-bar.html
- ^ https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/1622-anneka-bhosle
- ^ https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/call-to-the-bar-grays-inn-and-inner-temple-ktbfcshwz
- ^ https://www.goldsmithchambers.com/wp-content/uploads/barristers-pdfs/anneka-jenns.pdf
- ^ https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/barristers-experiment-finds-chambers-value-academics-over-experience
- ^ https://www.no5.com/2026/05/no5-barristers-chambers-is-delighted-to-welcome-anneka-jenns-to-its-public-law-group/
- ^ https://www.channel4.com/news/top-lawyer-preyed-on-young-women-entering-law
- ^ https://www.barcouncil.org.uk/asset/8AE513E7%2D07E2%2D4B20%2DB49C1C8DBBFA1377/
- ^ https://www.barcouncil.org.uk/about/bar-council-governance/elections/bar-council-elections-2023.html
- ^ https://www.graysinn.org.uk/the-inn/who-we-are/barristers-committee/
- ^ https://theanecdote.uk/2021/12/12/sister-love-thyself-cutting-out-the-shame-a-love-letter-to-myself%ef%bf%bc/
- ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ashas-daughter-in-law-seeks-divorce-for-cruelty/articleshow/6849280.cms
- ^ https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/barristers-experiment-finds-chambers-value-academics-over-experience
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50yGqEoFJc4
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