Anthony Dunne

Anthony Dunne

Called to the Bar: 1999, Lincoln's Inn

Education

  • 1998-99 Bar Vocational Course, Inns of Court School of Law (Sir Thomas More Bursary, Lincoln’s Inn)
  • 1995-98 University of Hull, LLB Hons (2:1) in Law

Areas of Practice

Crime

Both defence and prosecution work at all levels, including drugs offences, sexual offences and offences involving serious violence.

Grade 3 CPS Prosecutor.

Attended training in prosecuting serious sexual offences and in the use of intermediaries to assist vulnerable witnesses.

Notable cases include:

  • Being the led junior in the prosecution of what was described by the sentencing judge (the Recorder of York) as the worst case of historic child sex abuse he had ever known. The final indictment covered 47 counts, 20 complainants and a 35 year period, and resulted in a sentence of 20 years imprisonment.
  • The successful defence at trial of a defendant charged with causing grievous bodily harm where the complainant suffered a fractured skull and was unconscious for several days.
  • Conducting the first prosecution in the United Kingdom of an offence contrary to section 128 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (trespass on a designated site), The prosecution required the personal consent and involvement of the Attorney General and was personally reviewed by the area Chief Crown Prosecutor. Subsequently instructed to respond to an appeal against conviction in this case and to prosecute a similar case for CPS North Yorkshire.
  • Successfully defending at trial in the Crown Court a 17 year old youth charged with the robbery of a taxi driver.
  • Successfully prosecuting a five-day trial involving the possession with intent to supply of 1.5kg of cannabis and cannabis resin, with expert witnesses called on both sides. Subsequently appeared for the Crown in response to an appeal against the convictions which was dismissed.
  • The successful prosecution of a defendant for a domestic burglary involving violence against a couple aged 90 and 91.
  • A successful appeal to the Crown Court on behalf of a fifteen year old boy of previous good character against a conviction for robbery in the youth court.
  • Persuading a magistrates’ court to grant bail to a defendant charged with making threats to kill whilst already on bail for murder.
  • Obtaining permission to apply for judicial review of a youth court’s decision to adjourn a trial without good reason.

Civil

General personal injury work and also civil applications by the police, including:

  • Fast track trials and small claims hearings for both claimants and defendants.
  • Applications for football banning orders.
  • Applications for forfeiture of criminal property under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
  • Applications for anti-social behaviour orders.

Family

Residence and contact proceedings, domestic violence injunctions.

Immigration

Professional Membership

  • North Eastern Circuit
  • Criminal Bar Association
  • Amnesty International
  • Justice

Additional Information

Enjoy travelling, reading (particularly history and science), fencing, sailing and supporting Middlesbrough FC.