In the landmark case of R v Hamilton and others [2021] 1 Cr. App. R. 17, the Court of Appeal has quashed the convictions of 39 sub-post masters and found their prosecution by the Post Office to be an “abuse of process” and an “affront to justice”. Background The main issue in this case was […]
Following an extensive surveillance operation, conducted over a three-month period during 2018, police seized substantial volumes of cocaine from a vehicle and a flat being used as a base to distribute drugs. The Crown’s case against Peter’s client, HD, relied upon observations, CCT, telephone and fingerprint evidence linking him with the flat and showing him […]
Peter Lownds and Grace Forbes are appearing in a trial at Southwark Crown Court in which they represent a businessman accused of fraud and money laundering valued at over £1 million. The case concerns the selling of a US based investment product involving the lending of money to pay-day loan companies. Their client, who denies […]
Peter Lownds successfully appealed the 19 year sentence for his client Andrew Wright after he pleaded guilty in 2016 to conspiracy to import £33.5m of cocaine. Using his aerial photographer firm as a cover, Wright would collect the drugs at Kessel airport in Germany before flying back in his light-vessel plane to Breighton Airfield in Selby, North […]
Peter Lownds started a 6 week banking corruption case at The Old Bailey this week. Peter acts for Andrey Ryjenko, a former senior banker with the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development. Ryjenko is charged with entering into a corrupt agreement with a US based consultant who was instructed by by six different oil and gas companies from the […]