Chris Bunting LLB (Hons)

Specialisms & Experience

Chris is the Department Head for Crime, and deals daily with every type of criminal case, from motoring offences to murder, including RSPCA prosecutions and benefit fraud.  He also specialises in defence at courts-martial across the UK and Germany.

A number of Chris’ cases have hit the headlines – he defended a young mother who escaped jail after leaving her children with a 15 year old babysitter whilst she went on holiday to Turkey; he represented a G.P. charged with serious sexual offences against his female patients; he has also had jail spared for a Hungarian cowboy who attacked his rural neighbours on horseback!

Chris has also had a number of cases reach the Law Reports including Court of Appeal decisions upon how a prisoner’s remand time should affect their release date, and a conviction for theft being overturned after the complainants failed to mention their own impending trial in another part of the country for insurance fraud.

Away from work, Chris enjoys squash, golf and football, captaining his squash team for several years.

Legal Career & Qualification

1993    - LLB Honours Law Degree – University of Central Lancashire
1994    - Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
1994/6 - Solicitor’s Training Contract with Storey Nicholson & Brown solicitors
1996    - Solicitor of the Supreme Court.
1998    - Law Society Accredited Police Station and Court Duty Solicitor
1999    - Joined Clark Willis in their criminal and family dept.