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Peter Lownds
Position
Peter Lownds has a high-profile and wide-ranging leading junior criminal defence practice that includes fraud, terrorism, drug supply conspiracies, serious sexual offences and cases involving very serious or fatal violence.
He is regularly instructed in complex cases and is renowned for his thoroughness and tactical judgment. His most recent trials have included acting for a man alleged to be involved in a substantial southwest based cocaine conspiracy, a company owner accused of attempting to murder his wife, and a businessman charged with involvement in a City based pay-day loan investment conspiracy. His other recent notable cases include defending a young man with learning difficulties accused of manslaughter, a teenager alleged to be plotting to make a terrorist bomb, and a man accused of controlling a prostitution business involving trafficking. Imminent trials include representing a company director accused of being involved in a long-running “cash for crash” insurance fraud, and defending a young woman accused of participation in an international holiday home time-share fraud.
His historical high-profile cases include successfully defending a pilot of a helicopter charged with manslaughter, successfully representing a film actor accused of rape and representing a man charged over the prohibition of the publication of images of the murderer of James Bulger.
Career
Year of Call 1998 (Grays Inn), Direct Access Course 2010
Memberships
- Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers
- Criminal Bar Association
- Fraud Lawyers’ Association
- Health & Safety Lawyers’ Association
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Fraud: crime
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4London Bar > Crime
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Peter Lownds – 2 Hare Court ‘Peter is a charming but lethal advocate. He has an iron grasp of the facts of his case and an infallible instinct for which of those facts will matter to a jury. He is extremely tactically astute, an incisive cross-examiner and he holds the jury’s focus from beginning to end. In short, he really is a class act.’
London Bar > Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Peter Lownds – 2 Hare Court ‘Peter is especially skilled at putting the client at ease and making them feel listened to. He is hard working, diligent and calm in a crisis. An experienced advocate who delivers great results.‘