Thom Dyke - Barrister

Articles

Thom regularly writes articles for publication on various issues of legal interest. He has been published in The Times, The Guardian, New Statesman and Prospect, as well as in specialist law journals like Judicial Review, Public Law and the Solicitors Journal.

Thom regularly writes articles for publication on various issues of legal interest. He has been published in The Times, The Guardian, Private Eye, New Statesman and Prospect, as well as in specialist law journals like Judicial Review, Public Law and the Solicitors Journal, and has been interviewed on BBC Radio 4 about legal issues.

These articles are provided free of charge for information purposes only; they do not constitute legal advice and should not be relied on as such. No responsibility for the accuracy and/or correctness of the information and commentary set out in the articles, or for any consequences of relying on it, is assumed or accepted.

July 18, 2017

Who Will Guard the Guardians? Challenging the Decision to Prosecute

July 18, 2017/ Thom Dyke

Recent years have seen a quiet revolution take place in public law challenges to decisions of public prosecuting bodies, such as the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Serious Fraud Office (SFO). After a long line of authorities in which the courts took a restrictive approach to such claims, a spate of cases and European legislation, the availability of judicial review in this area began to open up after 2010.

(This paper was first published in the journal Judicial Review, 2017, 22(2), 124-142. For a copy, please contact Thom)

September 01, 2009

Review: The New British Constitution by Vernon Bogdanor

September 01, 2009/ Thom Dyke

The New British Constitution is written with the rare combination of erudition and elegance that places it firmly in the tradition of Dicey and Bagehot. After four decades of observing and writing about constitutional affairs, Bogdanor has become part of the constitutional furniture. Baroness Helena Kennedy QC once noted that “laws are the autobiography of the nation”. If so, then they have a fine biographer in Professor Bogdanor (This article was first published in the journal Judicial Review in 2009).