Instructing solicitors say Ryan is a “natural advocate” who has an “ability to remain calm under pressure”. He also has “excellent interpersonal and social skills” and is “extremely keen, likeable and approachable”. This invariably elicits “unwavering trust and confidence” from his clients.
Despite his junior year of call, Ryan has already been instructed to represent defendants in highly complex and serious cases, with his tactical nous and foresight enabling him to secure some unexpected acquittals.
Prior to coming to the Bar, Ryan spent two years working as a paralegal in a criminal law firm specialising in fraud and serious crime. Upon completion of the Bar course in 2019, he worked as a County Court Advocate on the Western and South Eastern Circuits, representing clients in civil claims from pre-issue to trial.
CPS Panel, Level 1
R v ES [2025] – represented ES, who was acquitted of aggravated burglary. His defence focused on lack of intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
R v AS [2024] – led junior for the third defendant, AS, charged with conspiracy to supply crack cocaine, heroin, and cannabis. Seven defendants were on trial. The conspiracy was alleged to have taken place over the course of a year and involved substantial telephone material, including cell site. After a two-month trial, AS was the only defendant to be acquitted of all three Counts on the Indictment.
R v SS [2023] – represented SS, the second defendant, in the Lady Leshurr trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court. SS was jointly charged with assaulting an ex-girlfriend of Lady Leshurr (real name Melesha O’Garro). After a three-week trial including expert evidence on dog bites, SS was acquitted unanimously by the jury.
R v VB [2023] – led junior for the second defendant, VB, in modern slavery case involving six vulnerable victims, trafficked to the UK from the Czech Republic and put to work at a local McDonald’s franchise between 2015 and 2019. The defendants retained the majority of the victims’ wages. The case received national interest and was the subject of a BBC documentary titled “Slavery on the High Street”.
R v OM [2023] – led junior for the second defendant in a trial for perverting the course of justice. The allegation revolved around the burning of a vehicle shortly after it had been used in a gangland shooting.
R v BM [2022] – represented BM, a third-striker charged with conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin. He was determined to be unfit to plead and found to have done the act by a jury. Subsequently, the prison psychiatrist informed the court that he had been malingering, but the judge was persuaded to give him full credit for an early guilty plea when passing sentence.