Dean Dunham

Dean Peter Dunham KC (Hon)[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 5. He has also written legal advice columns in the Daily Mirror and Sun newspapers.

In 2026 His Majesty the King approved Dunham to be awarded Honorary King’s Counsel (KC Honoris Causa), for the significant, positive impact he has made on the shape of the law of England and Wales, outside the courtroom.

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] [1].

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. ^ a b "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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