Dean Dunham

Dean Dunham is a prominent solicitor-advocate, barrister and arbitrator with in excess of twenty two years’ experience in the legal profession. He has also served as the Chief Ombudsman at The Retail Ombudsman a former Alternative Dispute Resolution provider in the UK.[1]

Dunham is considered to be one of the leading authorities on consumer law, being named in the Thomson Reuters Superlawyers List and Legal 500 and being named as Consumer Lawyer of the Year 2018 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 1, ITV, Channel 4 and C5. He has also written legal advice columns in the Daily Mirror and Sun newspapers and is currently the consumer law columnist in the Sunday People newspaper.

Education

Dunham studied law at University of Buckingham, graduating in 1997.[2]

He completed the Legal Practice Course and Professional Skills Course at the College of Law and then qualified as a Solicitor-Advocate.

High profile cases

Dunham has been involved in a number of high profile cases, involving well known organisations, such as Newcastle Football Club, Crystal Palace Football Club, Birmingham City Football Club, Sports Direct, Porsche U.K. and celebrities such as Freddie Starr in his unsuccessful[3] libel case against Karin Ward,[4], the original Bucks Fizz in the unsuccessful Bucks Fizz legal dispute during 2011.[5], Adam Ant, Ed Sheeran and Joe McElderry.

Dunham has represented footballers Kyle Walker (Spurs and England), Giovani Dos Santos (Spurs and Mexico), Dwight Gayle (Newcastle Football Club) and football managers Alan Pardew and Rafa Benitez.

Dunham has also represented television personalities Ann Hegerty (The Chase), Alex Reid (CBB), the late Colin Fry and Derek Acorah.

Dunham also represented several victims of the Lloyds Banking Group, Reading, scandal, successfully settling litigation with the Bank, obtaining millions in compensation for his clients.

References

  1. ↑ "Dean Dunham announces the new Consumer Rights Act". The Retail Ombudsman. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "data" (PDF). www.buckingham.ac.uk. 2011.
  3. ↑ "Freddie Starr loses grope libel case". 10 July 2015 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Microsoft Word - starr-v-ward-judgment.doc" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-07-23.
  5. ↑ Bates, Stephen (15 July 2011). "Bucks Fizz in legal dispute over who owns group's name". the Guardian.
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