Selva Ramasamy

Call 1992
LLB (London) LLM (London)

Practice: Fraud, Regulatory and Crime

Selva Ramasamy is a "calm professional and hard-working" individual who enjoys the full confidence of the market. - Chambers UK 2012 Fraud

Selva Ramasamy is "always well prepared and an effective advocate who is liked by committees". - Chambers UK 2012

Selva Ramasamy is "a consummate jury advocate with an extremely engaging manner". - Legal 500 2011

Selva Ramasamy is "incredibly bright" and "highly recommended". - Legal 500 2011

Summary

Selva Ramasamy is a specialist in cases involving professionals charged in criminal, regulatory and disciplinary proceedings.

His principal focus is financial crime and cases involving doctors and other healthcare professionals, in particular, where complex technical issues arise.

He has substantial experience in cases of fraud involving banks, companies, financial advisers and share dealing, as well as in the healthcare sector.

His General Medical Council, General Dental Council, General Chiropractic Council and Health Professions Council experience includes conduct, conviction, performance, health and restoration cases, including cases on appeal in the High Court.

Selva Ramasamy also specialises in Health and Safety cases and those involving general crime.

He is regularly instructed to present cases on behalf of the Security Industry Authority, including licensing appeals, cases in the High Court (judicial review and case stated), and the first prosecutions of companies under the Private Security Industry Act 2001.

Reviews

Selva Ramasamy is "extremely accomplished, strong, versatile and very fair, and he is particularly good at dealing with difficult witnesses." Chambers UK (2011)

Selva Ramasamy 'stands out for his fantastic intellect, which allows him to get his advice across in a very easy-to-understand way' - Legal 500 (2010) - Professional Discipline and Regulatory Law

Selva Ramasamy's 'charming and calm approach hides a steely determination to leave no stone unturned' - Legal 500 (2010) - Fraud

‘Selva Ramasamy's practice fuses criminal and disciplinary areas of the law. "He is good at marshalling information and knows when to concede things."’ – Chambers UK (2010) - Professional Discipline

‘Selva Ramasamy - one of the foremost juniors for fraud’ – Legal 500 (2010)

‘has control of all the facts and inspires confidence.’ – Chambers UK (2009)

‘Selva Ramasamy stands out as “hardworking, with impressive attention to detail, and a forensic approach to preparation. Unflappable under pressure, he exudes confidence and ability”.’ – Legal 500 (2008)

Recent Work

Recent cases include the defence of an accountant in a motor racing/banking fraud; defending an accountant against allegations of money laundering; defending a lighting expert in the Millennium Dome corruption case; defending a HSBC employee against allegations of £12 million computer banking theft; defending a doctor against allegations of prescription fraud; defending a businessman against FBI led allegations of arms trafficking and funding Colombian terrorists; defending a financial director against allegations of fraud and corruption; and representing a businessman in connection with contempt of court proceedings in the High Court.

Recent disciplinary cases involve a fatality arising from conflicting opinions as to the use of alternative remedies, a fatality arising from neglect in a hospital in Gibraltar (majority of proceedings conducted via a live TV link), and a case involving allegations of incompetent analysis by a genetic expert.

Appointments

2009	Recorder
2009	Member of the Bar Standards Board Prosecuting Counsel Panel for Disciplinary Hearings

Additional Information

Elected Member of the Bar Council (1997-2000)
Member of the Criminal Bar Association Committee (1997-2000 and 2008-2009)
Member of the Bar’s Race Relations Committee (1997-2000)
Member of the British Association of Sport and Law
Member of the Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers
Member of the Health and Safety Lawyers Association
Registered with the Bar Council – Public Access Directory
Member of the Public Access Bar Association - PABA