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
Warrington, Lancashire, England
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.