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Redmond Traynor

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Position

Redmond joined 2 Hare Court in 2019.  He regularly represents defendants in the Youth Court, Magistrates’ Court and Crown Court.

Redmond is particularly interested in matters relating to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. Prior to coming to the Bar, Redmond wrote his postgraduate thesis on the assessment of a defendant’s “benefit” in drug cases under POCA.  Redmond has experience advising companies who have been made subject to Account Freezing Orders and has defended in applications for cash forfeiture brought by the Police.  Recently, Redmond acted successfully for an interested third party in restraint proceedings involving high-value antiques. Redmond has acted for defendants in planning enforcement litigation and subsequent proceedings under POCA.

In addition to his criminal practice, Redmond has represented medical professionals at inquests and before their regulators.  Redmond has also been instructed to represent bereaved families at inquests.

Redmond accepts instructions on public law cases and in civil applications brought by the Police. Redmond has been instructed to defend in a number of gang injunction applications at both first instance and on appeal.   He acts pro bono for Bail for Immigration Detainees in applications on behalf of those in immigration detention and has advised on an application for judicial review of a decision of the Independent Office for Police Conduct and on an appeal under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.

Before converting to law, Redmond graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in Classics. After university, he spent a year living in Iran, learning Persian at the University of Tehran.

Career

• 2019: Year of Call.
• 2019: Programme Prize for best performance on the LLM in Criminal Justice.
• 2018: QMUL Scholarship to study on the LLM in Criminal Justice.
• 2017: Lord Lowry-Calvert Scholarship, Middle Temple.
• 2015: Amnesty International Prize for Student Human Rights Reporting.

Memberships

• The Howard League for Penal Reform.
• The Association of Prison Lawyers.
• Advocate (formerly the Bar Pro Bono Unit)
• London Irish Lawyers’ Association
• Government Legal Department Junior Junior Scheme.

Education

• 2015: BA (Hons), University of Oxford.
• 2018: GDL and BPTC, City Law School.
• 2019: LLM Criminal Justice, Queen Mary University of London.