Philip Dykes | |
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Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association | |
Assumed office January 2018 | |
Preceded by | Paul Lam |
In office January 2005 – January 2007 | |
Preceded by | Edward Chan |
Succeeded by | Rimsky Yuen |
Personal details | |
Born | Warrington, Lancashire, England | 2 June 1953
Children | Rebecca, Harriet and Sebastian |
Alma mater |
Lincoln College, Oxford Lincoln's Inn |
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Traditional Chinese | 戴啓思 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 戴启思 | ||||||||||||
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Philip John Dykes KC SC ( Chinese: 戴啓思; born 2 June 1953) is a Hong Kong barrister and was the Chairman of the Council of the Hong Kong Bar Association from 2018-2021. [1] He had already served in that position from 2005 to 2007. [2] Dykes developed a practice in constitutional and administrative law and has emerged as a voice defending the rule of law in Hong Kong. [3] [4]
In 2020, Dykes entered the race for the Legislative Council's Legal Constituency seat in the first election following the adoption of the national security law. [5]
Philip Dykes | |
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Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association | |
Assumed office January 2018 | |
Preceded by | Paul Lam |
In office January 2005 – January 2007 | |
Preceded by | Edward Chan |
Succeeded by | Rimsky Yuen |
Personal details | |
Born | Warrington, Lancashire, England | 2 June 1953
Children | Rebecca, Harriet and Sebastian |
Alma mater |
Lincoln College, Oxford Lincoln's Inn |
Philip John Dykes | |||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 戴啓思 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 戴启思 | ||||||||||||
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Philip John Dykes KC SC ( Chinese: 戴啓思; born 2 June 1953) is a Hong Kong barrister and was the Chairman of the Council of the Hong Kong Bar Association from 2018-2021. [1] He had already served in that position from 2005 to 2007. [2] Dykes developed a practice in constitutional and administrative law and has emerged as a voice defending the rule of law in Hong Kong. [3] [4]
In 2020, Dykes entered the race for the Legislative Council's Legal Constituency seat in the first election following the adoption of the national security law. [5]