Philip C Dunkley KC

Practice Areas

Chancery

Civil Litigation

Commercial Litigation

Insolvency & Corporate Restructuring

Commercial Transactions

Private Client & Wealth Management

Career

Philip C. Dunkley, K.C. has served as Senior Partner of Higgs & Johnson since 1999. He is Chair of the Insolvency & Corporate Restructuring practice group and has represented clients in their complex litigation and transactional matters for more than 45 years.

Professional Memberships

Bahamas Bar Association

International Bar Association

Association and Legal Scholars, Centre for International Legal Studies, Salzburg, Austria (Honorary)

Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP)

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

Personal

Philip 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. He was was admitted to the Bahamas Bar in 1974 and immediately joined Higgs & Johnson as an Associate. He served as Global Managing Partner from 2009 to 2012. He is an honorary member of the Association and Legal Scholars, Centre for International Legal Studies Salzburg, Austria.