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Ryan Dowding

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Position

Ryan is developing a practice across Chambers’ main areas of expertise, with a particular interest in crime, licensing and regulatory work, and public law

Ryan regularly appears in the magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court. He has defended in cases involving a range of offences, including: grievous bodily harm, assault, battery, theft, motoring offences, drugs offences, fraud and money laundering. He has experience of acting in complex, novel and unusual cases .   He is also junior counsel for one of a number of defendants being prosecuted for the importation and supply of drugs, and money laundering. The evidence against the defendant largely consists of Encrochat material derived from the National Crime Agency’s Operation Venetic. Ryan has a particular interest and expertise in modern slavery, in part as a result of having acted for the Metropolitan Police Service in its first raft of applications for Slavery and Trafficking Risk Orders (see below). In addition, Ryan prosecutes cases on behalf of the Crown Prosecution Service, Transport for London and the National Probation Service.

Prior to joining Chambers, Ryan spent a year working in the bribery and corruption division of the Serious Fraud Office on a long-running investigation into a former FTSE 100 company. He continues to maintain a keen interest in white collar crime and during his pupillage he assisted one of the defence teams in a major insider dealing trial brought by the Financial Conduct Authority. Since becoming a tenant, Ryan has acted alone for defendants charged with fraud and money laundering offences. He is establishing a practice across the spectrum of Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 work. In particular, he is regularly instructed as both junior and sole counsel in cash, listed asset and bank account freezing and forfeiture proceedings.

He has particular expertise in advising individuals and enforcement authorities in civil recovery proceedings, under Part 5 of POCA, involving the use of unregistered money service businesses / remittance services (e.g., ‘Hawala banking’). Ryan also has experience of acting in confiscation proceedings. Recently, he represented a defendant convicted of possession with intent to supply a large quantity of cocaine. Following written submissions as to the appropriate means.

Ryan is an experienced licensing practitioner. He is regularly instructed by the Metropolitan Police Service in summary review proceedings.  He also acts on behalf of individuals and companies in applications to obtain new premises licenses or to vary existing licenses. He regularly appears for Transport for London in licensing appeals in the magistrates’ courts.

Ryan is frequently instructed by the Metropolitan Police Service to advise on and appear in applications for civil preventative orders, including: Closure Orders, Sexual Risk Orders, Sexual Harm Prevention Orders, Stalking Protection Orders and Violent Offender Orders.

Ryan was instructed for a number of months by the London Fire Brigade in relation to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry where he conducted work in relation to Phase 2 of the Inquiry. He also has experience of public law proceedings and recently acted for the Metropolitan Police Service in defending a claim for judicial review brought in respect of an unlawful search warrant.

Ryan has appeared on behalf of requested persons in extradition cases in the magistrates’ courts. He also has experience advising on and drafting grounds of appeal to the Administrative Court.

Career

Call 2017

Memberships

Criminal Bar Association Young Fraud Lawyers Association

Education

Bar Professional Training Course (Outstanding); University of Sussex, LLM in International Human Rights Law (Distinction); University of Sussex, LLB (Hons) (First Class, second in year)