Dr. Derrick Wyatt

Biography

Derrick Wyatt, KC, Fellow of St. Edmund Hall 1978, became Professor in 1996 and retired in 2009. His teaching encompassed EU law, constitutional law, administrative law, and public international law. He served as a Visiting Professor of Law at Oxford from 2009 to 2014, focusing on the EU’s internal market. Wyatt has authored numerous articles and contributed to books, notably co-authoring 'Wyatt & Dashwood's European Union Law,' with the latest sixth edition published by Hart Publishing in 2011. He obtained his J.D. from the University of Chicago in 1971 and was a Visiting Professor at Florida State University College of Law in 1986. A practicing barrister (Queen's Counsel 1993) at Brick Court Chambers since 2018, he specializes in litigation at the European Court of Justice and the EU General Court in Luxembourg, providing legal counsel to businesses and governments on various aspects of EU law and international law. His work covers high-profile cases involving the EU internal market, climate change, and international sanctions. During the Brexit referendum, he offered insights to media and parliamentary committees about the implications of Brexit negotiations. Wyatt's blogs on law and policy, published by platforms including London School of Economics and Byline Politico, address themes such as the judicial selection process and EU relations post-Brexit. He also maintains a personal blog, Derrick Wyatt's Law Policy Blog, offering original and re-posted articles on pertinent legal matters.

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