Philip Dunn KC is an experienced trial advocate who has conducted trials and pleas for forty years.
Philip is based at Crockett Chambers in Melbourne but regularly appears in all states in Australia.
As a trial lawyer he conducts defences in all types of criminal matters; notably murder, conspiracy, corporate and tax fraud and, drug and sex offences. In addition, Philip has appeared in many Royal Commissions, inquests and sports law matters.
Philip has been a Chairman of Foley's List of Barristers, a member of the Victorian Bar Council, Chairman of the Addiction Research Institute, a member of the Lord Mayor's Drug Advisory Committee and a number of Bar Council and related committees. He is currently a committee member of the Criminal Bar Association of Victoria and the Victorian Bar Arts and Collections Committee.
Philip is a teacher/trainer with the Australian Advocacy Institute and the Victorian New Barristers Committee and regularly lectures on advocacy and related topics throughout Australia.
Philip has appeared in many high-profile cases some of which have been dramatised in tele-movies or featured in books written about them.
See:
Killing Time
Lawyers, Gems and Money - Paul Conroy
Silent Death: The Killing of Julie Ramage - Karen Kissane
The Carmen Lawrence Story
The Double Life of Herman Rockefeller - Hilary Bonney
The Gary Ablett Story
The Great Bookie Robbery
The Ivanovic Trail - David Marr
The Society Murders - Hilary Bonney
The Wickenby Tax investigation
Underbelly