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Daniel Bunting

2 Dr. Johnson's Buildings

Dan practices in all areas of Criminal Law and has appeared in all courts from Magistrates' and Youth Courts, the Crown Court and Divisional Court and Court of Appeal. As well as defending, he has appeared for the CPS and other prosecuting agencies in all types of appearances including trials.

He also practices in Immigration law (mainly on asylum and asylum-related cases) and has been instructed in the Tribunal, High Court and Court of Appeal on immigration matters. He is happy to act pro bono in suitable cases.

Dan has a particular interest in the cross-over of Criminal and Immigration Law and is recognised as a leading expert in defending immigration offences and victims of trafficking. He has appeared in many key cases before the Court of Appeal in this area. He has also been instructed on a number of successful references to the CCRC.

Dan is a member of Chambers' Prison and Public Law team and regularly advises and provides representation in both areas.

Dan has lectured and conducted training in both Criminal and Immigration Law. He co-founded, edits, and writes for the UK Criminal Law Blog (nominated for the Halsbury Legal Journalism Aware 2014), as well as blogging on (mainly) legal matters on his own personal blog.

He writes regularly for Halsbury's Law Exchange, Criminal Law Review, Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, Criminal Bar Quarterly, Archbold Review and other publications.

Dan is qualified to undertake public access work.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Membership

  • Immigration Law Practitioners Association
  • Administrative Law Bar Association
  • Criminal Bar Association
  • BID

Qualifications

  • MA (Contemporary History and Politics)
  • BSc (Mathematics)
  • PGDL / BVC

2 Contributions by Daniel Bunting

Employing disqualified workers: criminal liability, corporate liability, investigations, prosecutions and sentencing under IANA 2006 s 21 (England and Wales)
PRACTICE NOTES
Employing disqualified workers: criminal liability, corporate liability, investigations, prosecutions and sentencing under IANA 2006 s 21 (England and Wales)
This Practice Note sets out a summary of the key criminal offences linked to illegal working and considers practical issues when managing a criminal investigation and prosecution. For details on the civil penalty framework for illegal working, see Practice Note: Illegal working: dealing with a civil penalty. The scope of this Practice Note is limited to the law in England and Wales. While the primary focus is prosecution under section 21 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (IANA 2006), for guidance on additional illegal working offences, see Other offences below. Be aware that the illegal working regime, including IANA 2006, s 21, is scheduled to be widened to include alternative working models that previously sat outside its reach, pursuant to a clause in the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill. See: LNB News 08/05/2025 41... Offence of employing an illegal worker—overview The principal illegal working offence appears in IANA 2006, s 21. From 12 July 2016, an employer commits this offence by employing an individual whilst knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe, that the individual is a ‘disqualified person’. A person is a disqualified person if: the person has not been granted ...
Immigration
UK carriers’ immigration obligations and civil penalties: document checks, eVisas and ETAs, clandestine entrants and goods vehicle security, API and PNR data, Authority to Carry, procedures, defences and appeals
PRACTICE NOTES
UK carriers’ immigration obligations and civil penalties: document checks, eVisas and ETAs, clandestine entrants and goods vehicle security, API and PNR data, Authority to Carry, procedures, defences and appeals
The transport sector has a number of legal duties when bringing passengers into the UK. These are: to thoroughly verify passengers’ travel documents to stop clandestine entrants to the UK, including making sure commercial goods vehicles are properly secured to submit the specified advance electronic information to UK Border Force about passengers or crews of ships or aircraft to seek and obtain authority to carry a passenger to the UK under the Authority to Carry Scheme 2023 There are also various miscellaneous offences linked to carrier activities. Charges in relation to passengers without proper documents for passengers without proper documents UK Border Force, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD), may impose a fixed penalty of £2,000 on the owner of a ship or aircraft where a passenger arrives in the UK without the correct documentation...
Immigration
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