Dean Peter Dunham[1] is a solicitor-advocate, barrister and arbitrator, who has served as the Chief Ombudsman at The Retail Ombudsman, a former Alternative Dispute Resolution provider in the UK.[2]

He is considered to be one of the leading authorities on consumer law, being named in the Thomson Reuters Superlawyers List and Legal 500[3] and being named as Consumer Lawyer of the Year 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, and Solicitor Advocate of the Year 2018.

Dunham, who is often referred to as a "celebrity lawyer", is also one of the leading commentators on consumer law in the media, providing regular commentary on BBC One, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5He has also written legal advice columns in the Daily Mirror and Sun newspapers.

Dunham is the presenter of the LBC Consumer Hour [4]

Dunham is currently the consumer law columnist for the Mirror Group [5] the Sunday People and Daily Express newspapers [6] .

Education

Dunham studied law at the University of Buckingham, a private university, graduating in 1997.[7]

He completed the Legal Practice Course and Professional Skills Course at the College of Law and then qualified as a Solicitor-Advocate.[1] Dunham is also a non-practising barrister (called to Middle Temple) and is a qualified arbitrator (MCIArb).

High profile cases

Dunham represented Freddie Starr in his unsuccessful[8] libel case against Karin Ward,[9] and the original Bucks Fizz in the unsuccessful Bucks Fizz legal dispute during 2011.,.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dean Peter Dunham". Law Society. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Dean Dunham announces the new Consumer Rights Act". The Retail Ombudsman. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Consumer advice: The top 10 things you need to know, Daily Mirror, 29 June 2013
  4. ↑ "LBC". LBC. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  5. ↑ "Dean Dunham". mirror. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  6. ↑ {{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/authors/dean-dunham/]. Dunham also presents The Consumer Hour on LBC radio every Friday at 9pm, answering listeners' consumer law questions
  7. ↑ "Buckingham Independent" (PDF). University of Buckingham. 2006.
  8. ↑ "Freddie Starr loses grope libel case". 10 July 2015 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. ↑ "Microsoft Word - starr-v-ward-judgment.doc" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-07-23.
  10. ↑ Bates, Stephen (15 July 2011). "Bucks Fizz in legal dispute over who owns group's name". The Guardian.
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