Dean Peter Dunham is a solicitor-advocate, barrister and arbitrator, who has served as the Chief Ombudsman at The Retail Ombudsman, a former

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provider in the UK. He is considered to be one of the leading authorities on consumer law, being named in the

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Superlawyers List and Legal 500 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

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, ITV,

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and Channel 5He has also written legal advice columns in the ''

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'' newspapers. Dunham is the presenter of the LBC Consumer Hour Dunham is currently the consumer law columnist for the Mirror Group the ''

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Education

Dunham studied law at the

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, a private university, graduating in 1997. He completed the

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

High profile cases

Dunham represented

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in his unsuccessful libel case against Karin Ward, and the original Bucks Fizz in the unsuccessful Bucks Fizz legal dispute during 2011.{{cite web, url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jul/15/bucks-fizz-legal-dispute-name, title=Bucks Fizz in legal dispute over who owns group's name, first=Stephen, last=Bates, date=15 July 2011, website=The Guardian

References

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External links

The Consumer Hour on LBC
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