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Christopher Dunn

0113 2459763

Work Department

Criminal

Position

Christopher Dunn has defended or prosecuted a wide range of cases including murder, child and adult rape, attempted rape, S18, serious historical sexual offences, firearms offences, armed robberies, conspiracies to supply large amounts of Class-A drugs, conspiracies to commit Hanoi-style burglaries, conspiracies to commit armed robberies and conspiracies to commit bank fraud.

Christopher’s practice largely involves litigating serious crimes for the defence or prosecution. He has significant experience of preparing large, serious and multi-handed cases, including advising on preparing defence and prosecution cases, drafting schedules and admissions, negotiating with other counsel, and undertaking Crown Court and Court of Appeal advocacy. He has been involved in many cases involving complex covert evidence, expert witnesses and financial documentation. He is on the RASSO panel.

Having served as a Grade 4 CPS prosecutor, Christopher has appeared on behalf of the Crown in Proceeds of Crime Act applications and public-interest immunity applications. At the last CPS grading application process, he was granted Grade 4 prosecutor status.

Christopher has conducted numerous cases under the old ex post facto scheme (now replaced by the VHCC scheme) which were listed for over 25 days. Some cases involved 5 defendants or more and involved over 10,000 pages of evidence.

Career

Call 1996

Appointments:
2015
RASSO panel

Grade 4 Prosecutor

Memberships

North Eastern Circuit

Education

1991
Newcastle Polytechnic, BSc (Hons) in Sociology (2.2)

1993
Newcastle University, MA in Legal Studies (Distinction)

1994
Northumbria University, Legal Practice Course

1995
Newcastle University, LLM by Research (Distinction)

1996
Inns of Court School of Law, BVC (Competent)