St Philips Chambers

Crime & Regulatory

James Dunstan is a highly regarded and very experienced senior junior in crime, with a serious style which has brought him an extremely successful track record of both prosecuting to conviction and defending to acquittal. He attributes this to a knack for jury persuasion, and always getting home the best points in any case.

He is also versatile, and handles the full range of work in the Crown Court and higher Courts, and has experience in the following areas: Homicide (Murder and Manslaughter), Serious Sexual Offences, Organised Crime and Terrorism, Corporate and Gross Negligence Manslaughter, Motoring and Road Traffic, Fraud, Business and Financial Crime, and Restraint and Confiscation. In addition he is qualified to receive work on a Direct Access basis.

Called 1995, Gray’s Inn.

In 2019 James was appointed to the Regulatory Board prosecution advocates panel – list B, in order to prosecute on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive, Environment Agency, Office of Rail and Road, and the Care Quality Commission.

Criminal Bar Association.

Oxford University (MA); Birmingham University (CPE).