Dave Ryan

David is a partner at the firm and has 30 years' worth of experience in dealing with all aspects of crime from interviews at the Police Station through to representation at the Magistrates Court, Crown Court and even the Court of Appeal. He qualified as a Solicitor in 2006 and as a Duty Solicitor and Solicitor-Advocate 3 years later. He has also been an Accredited Police Station representative since 1995.

He specialises in defending those charged with the most serious of criminal offences throughout the country and is well known and extremely highly respected by his fellow professionals and clients. A Legal 500 ranked ‘Leading Individual’ and ‘Recommended Lawyer’ and someone who is also quoted as being ‘superb in serious sexual offences and homicide cases’ and who ‘works tirelessly and is a great advocate’. He prides himself on his thoroughness and attention to detail.

He has enjoyed considerable success in defending a wide range of serious cases including murders, rapes, fraud and investigations commenced by Trading Standards and other regulatory authorities. He very recently successfully defended a young man charged with the murder of another male in a city centre night club that involved complex legal issues surrounding the law on joint enterprise.

He is also currently representing defendants charged with gangland murder, international drug trafficking offences and offences of cybercrime. He also deals with serious cases of public disorder, robberies and burglary and specialises in dealing with clients charged with serious sexual offences.

Notable Cases

R v S – represented the main defendant in a trial lasting 6 months, involving a multimillion pound mortgage and VAT fraud and money laundering.

R v A – represented a defendant charged, along with others, with murder following a brawl in a city centre night club. Jury acquittal, complex issues surrounding joint enterprise.

R v H – represented a Vietnamese national charged with conspiracy to produce cannabis. Acquitted by a jury after the ‘new’ statutory defence under the Modern Slavery Act was raised.

R v B – represented a defendant charged with a wide range of serious sexual offences against a number of his family members. Acquitted by the jury of all counts.

R v Mc – represented a defendant charged with money laundering with significant amounts of money passing through her account. On the day of the trial the prosecution offered no evidence following service of an expert’s report, prepared following extensive consideration of thousands of pages of bank statements.

R v P – represented a defendant involved in large scale drugs conspiracy involving a number of other defendants, which involved detailed consideration of mobile phone evidence and police surveillance evidence.