Philip Dykes

Philip Dykes
Dykes in 2020
Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association
In office
January 2018 – January 2021
Preceded byPaul Lam
Succeeded byPaul Harris
In office
January 2005 – January 2007
Preceded byEdward Chan
Succeeded byRimsky Yuen
Personal details
Born (1953-06-02) 2 June 1953
ChildrenRebecca, Harriet and Sebastian
Alma materLincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln's Inn
Philip John Dykes
Traditional Chinese戴啓思
Simplified Chinese戴启思
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDài Qǐsī
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationDaai Kái Sī
JyutpingDaai3 Kai2 Si1

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. He had already served in that position from 2005 to 2007. Dykes developed a practice in constitutional and administrative law and has emerged as a voice defending the rule of law in Hong Kong.