2 Hare Court

Peter Lownds has a mixed practice covering general and financial crime, professional disciplinary proceedings, and inquests.

His criminal practice often involves acting as a leading junior for professionals. He has substantial experience in representing clients facing allegations of fraud. Recent cases include successfully defending a businesswoman accused of participation in a complex international time-share fraud, and representing a Grenfell Tower tenant acquitted of involvement in a relief fund fraud.

Peter is frequently instructed on behalf of health professionals. He is often instructed in cases where his clients are facing parallel criminal proceedings. His disciplinary cases in the last year have included defending a GP accused of sexually assaulting work colleagues and a hospital consultant accused of wilful neglect of a patient.

He is regularly instructed at inquests. He has acted for families of the bereaved, public authorities, private companies, and individual professional workers. His recent inquests include representing a GP at a highly publicised inquest into the death of a young women who died as a consequence of very severe ME. Additionally, he acted for another GP, who was involved in the care and treatment of an autistic child who committed suicide at her school.

Year of Call 1998 (Grays Inn); Direct Access Course 2010.

Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers; Criminal Bar Association; Fraud Lawyers’ Association; Health & Safety Lawyers’ Association