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