Notable Cases
FRAUD
R v Junior Uguokor at Woolwich Crown Court - Junior defence counsel on a premium rate service revenue inflation fraud.
R v Raymond Green and Simone Green at Southwark Crown Court- Prosecution trial advocate (but subsequently obtained leader) in a 21-count ‘Enduring Power of Attorney’ fraud.
R v Paul Buttery at Leeds Crown Court- Defence counsel in an incapacity benefit fraud. This case attracted substantial publicity due to the unusual nature of the fraud.
VIOLENCE
R v Lewis McFarlane (and 3-others) at Inner London Crown Court- Defence counsel in a trial involving charges of robbery, Section 18, violent disorder and causing explosions with intent.
R v Jolal Ahmed at Oxford Crown Court- Defence counsel in a trial involving charges of Section 18 and kidnap.
R v Chanel Breen (and 13-others) at Harrow Crown Court- Junior prosecution counsel in a 10-week violent disorder trial involving fourteen Defendants.
R v William Johnson (and 4-others) at Hove Crown Court- Junior defence counsel in a 8-week trial on a charge of conspiracy to rob. The case attracted considerable media interest due to the nature of the robbery.
DRUGS
R v Julie Defort at Isleworth Crown Court- Defence counsel in an importation of cocaine trial. The Defendant appeared first on the Indictment.
R v Rafu Miah at Snaresbrook Crown Court- Defence counsel in a case involving charges of conspiracy to import class A (heroin) and conspiracy to supply class A (heroin)- 30-kilos.
GENERAL
R v Patrick Flynn at Aylesbury Crown Court- Defence counsel in a trial involving charges of inciting children under 16 to engage in sexual activity.
R v F at Nottingham Crown Court- Defence counsel in a trial involving charges of conspiracy to supply class A, possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and affray.
Antony Dunkels
Year of Call: 2002
Specialist practice areas: Serious Crime, Criminal/Civil Fraud
Email: adunkels@furnivallaw.co.uk
Antony is an experienced and skilled advocate. He has developed a strong criminal practice in and around London and further afield (often instructed in cases at the Crown Courts in Birmingham, Nottingham, Leeds and Southampton). Antony is regularly instructed in cases involving Section 18 (including gang violence and domestic violence), robbery (including armed), serious drugs charges (importation and supply class A), firearms, sexual offences and fraud.
Antony’s practice is predominantly defence but he has been instructed as trial counsel in several serious and complex prosecutions, including violent disorder and fraud.
Antony prides himself on a down to earth approach with both his lay and professional clients. He has been commended by leading counsel on the quality of his written work both pre- and during trial.
Antony also has experience in cases involving complex mental health issues, including fitness to plead and the defence of insanity. He recently appeared in the Court of Appeal (R v Richard Wells & others) as the respondent on an interlocutory appeal by the Crown against a ruling of the trial Judge to sever the trial of issue of an unfit Defendant from the trial of the fit Defendants. This was a novel point of law.
Antony has also appeared in prison adjudications and before the ‘Nursing and Midwifery Committee.’