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Philip Dunkley KC

Former Senior Partner; specialises in complex commercial and chancery litigation (appearing in the BCCI, Grupo Torras cases and the Oracle Fund liquidation), commercial and shipping transactions; civil litigation; admiralty law and shipping; and private wealth management. · Higgs & Johnson

BahamasCommercial Litigation, Chancery

About

Philip Dunkley KC is a Bahamas-based former senior partner at Higgs & Johnson who specialises in complex commercial and chancery litigation, commercial and shipping transactions, admiralty law, civil litigation and private wealth management. He has acted in high-profile matters including the BCCI and Grupo Torras cases and the Oracle Fund liquidation; was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2009, served as a partner since 1978 and has been a member of the Judicial & Legal Services Commission and a former Acting Justice of the Supreme Court.

Practice areas

Commercial LitigationChanceryShipping & AdmiraltyCommercial TransactionsCivil LitigationPrivate Wealth Management

Office

Expertise

Banking & Finance LitigationShipping & AdmiraltyPrivate Client / TrustsCommercial Transactions

Education

  • Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire, England
  • Bar of England & Wales (1973)
  • Bahamas Bar (1974)

Admissions

  • Bar of England & Wales (1973)
  • Bahamas Bar (1974)
  • Appointed Queen's Counsel (2009)