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Lyford Cay
Deltec House
Lyford Cay
P.O. Box N-3247
New Providence, Bahamas
 
Area of Practice
Chancery, Civil and Commercial Litigation,
Commercial Law (including banking and trusts)
Shipping
Private Client Wealth Management
 
Education
St. Andrews School, Nassau, Bahamas
Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire, England
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple
 
Admissions
England and Wales, 1973
Bahamas, 1974
 
Publications

International Execution against Judgment Debtors (Bahamas chapter); Sweet and Maxwell

International Commercial Fraud (Bahamas chapter); Sweet and Maxwell

Impact of New Legislation in The Bahamas on Trust Attacks
; Trusts & Trustees

 
Memberships

Bahamas Bar Association

International Bar Association

Association and Legal Scholars, Centre for International Legal Studies Salzburg, Austria (Honorary) Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners

 
Awards

 
Philip C Dunkley, QC

Senior Partner and Global Managing Partner

Phone: 242 362 6268/9
Fax: 242 362 5569
E-mail: pdunkleyqc@higgsjohnson.com
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Mr. Philip C. Dunkley, QC specialises in (i) complex commercial. civil and chancery litigation, appearing in many of the leading commercial cases at the Bahamas Bar, including the BCCI and Grupo Torras cases, and the Oracle Fund liquidation; (ii) admiralty and shipping; and (iii) private wealth management.

Mr. Dunkley was educated at St. Andrew’s School, Nassau, Bahamas; Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire, England and Middle Temple, London. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1973 and served his pupilage in Chancery Chambers of John Mowbray in Lincolns Inn, London and Common Law Chambers of Edward Paynter-Reece in Middle Temple Lane, London.    After his pupilage, he returned to Nassau and was admitted to the Bahamas Bar in October 1974 and immediately joined Higgs & Johnson as an Associate.  He became partner in 1978, Senior Partner in 1999 and Global Managing Partner in December 2009.

Mr. Dunkley has served as a member of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission, the Supreme Court Rules Committee and Disciplinary Tribunal, and as Acting Magistrate and Acting Justice of the Supreme Court. He is a former lecturer in Civil Procedure and Evidence and has authored chapters on The Bahamas in several legal publications, including International Execution against Judgment Debtors and International Commercial Fraud (Sweet and Maxwell); and Impact of New Legislation in The Bahamas on Trust Attacks (Trusts & Trustees).

Mr. Dunkley was listed as leader in his field by Chambers Global 2010 and named among the Caribbean’s top global private wealth management lawyers by Citywealth 2010.

Mr. Dunkley is an honorary member of the Association and Legal Scholars, Centre for International Legal Studies Salzburg, Austria; and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
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