Dr Peter Dunne

Peter is a lecturer at the University of Bristol Law School. He is an expert in the field of gender, sexuality and law.

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Peter is a lecturer at the University of Bristol Law School. He is an expert in the field of gender, sexuality and law. Peter regularly publishes in leading peer-reviewed journals and he has worked with numerous public bodies, including the UK Government and the European Union.

David Renton writes in the Daily Mirror about attending counter-demonstration to support refugees and defend them from protesters

"My grandparents fled Hitler, today in London someone screamed 'filth' in my face" - Garden Court barrister & author David Renton writes in the Daily Mirror about a counter-demonstration he went on to support refugees and defend them from protest.

Tuesday 5 Aug 2025

Palestine Action granted permission to challenge proscription as terrorist organisation

Owen Greenhall and Audrey Cherryl Mogan of the Garden Court Chambers Protest Team, act as junior counsel for Huda Ammori, a co-founder of the direct action protest network, Palestine Action.

Tuesday 5 Aug 2025

Raza Halim highlights need for ‘action’ to evacuate up to 30 Gazan children as third child evacuee arrives in UK for medical treatment

Garden Court barrister Raza Halim is a founding member of Project Pure Hope, and acts as a legal advisor.

Friday 1 Aug 2025

Azroy Dawes-Clarke Inquest: Jury finds unnecessary and disproportionate restraint caused death at HMP Elmley

The family is represented by INQUEST Lawyers Group members Allison Munroe KC of Garden Court Chambers, Oliver Carter of Irwin Mitchell, and Philip Dayle of No5 Chambers. They are supported by INQUEST Senior Caseworker Jodie Anderson.

Tuesday 29 Jul 2025

UK approves Project Pure Hope medical evacuation of children from Gaza

Raza Halim of Garden Court Chambers, along with a small group of doctors and health executives, is a founding member of Project Pure Hope and acts as a legal advisor.

Tuesday 29 Jul 2025

Tim Baldwin explores decline in community care legal aid lawyers with Legal Action Group and Access Social Care

Tim Baldwin of the Garden Court Chambers Housing Law Team has co-written an article for Legal Action Group, with Karen Ashton of Central England Law Centre, Louise Eardley of Gold Jennings, and Caroline Miles and Laura Peters of Access Social Care.

Tuesday 29 Jul 2025

Background

Dr Peter Dunne has ten years of experience researching and partnering with LGBT populations around the world. He currently serves as the Senior Sexual Orientation Expert for the European Equality Law Network. From 2019-2020, Peter is engaged in SLSA-funded research (with Dr Maria Moscati) on the voice of transgender children in England and Wales.

Previously, from 2017-2018, Peter completed an EU-funded project (with Dr Marjolein van den Brink) on transgender and intersex non-discrimination rights in Europe. Peter regularly publishes in leading peer-reviewed journals. His forthcoming monograph, Rethinking Legal Gender Recognition: A Human Rights Analysis (Hart 2020) applies human rights principles to the formal acknowledgment of preferred gender.

Peter is Family Law Co-convener for the Society of Legal Scholars and is EU Charter Editor for the European Human Rights Law Review. Peter regularly works with public and professional bodies, and he was an expert witness to the Parliamentary Transgender Equality Inquiry. Prior to entering academia, Peter worked as a Harvard Law Fellow at the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NYC). He maintains strong links with civil society groups, such as the Trans Equality Legal Initiative. 

Education

Trinity College Dublin, PhD 

University of Cambridge, LL.M

Harvard Law School, LL.M      

University College Dublin, BCL with French Law

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