About Dom Raab

The son of a refugee - Raab is a Czech name - Dom was born and raised in Bucks. From grammar school, he studied law at Oxford and international law at Cambridge, winning the Clive Parry Prize for international law. In 1998, he spent a summer at Birzeit university near Ramallah, and worked for one of the Palestinian negotiators of the Oslo peace accords, assessing World Bank projects on the West Bank.

Dom started his career as a commercial lawyer at Linklaters, advising on project finance, litigation and competition law. He joined the Foreign Office working on a range of issues - from protecting British investors abroad, to advising on intercepting ships carrying illegal weapons. He was later posted to The Hague to lead a team dedicated to bringing war criminals to justice. On return to London, he advised on the Arab- Israeli conflict, EU and Gibraltar. Since 2006, Dom has worked in the House of Commons, as Chief of Staff to Shadow Home and Justice Secretaries, David Davis and Dominic Grieve – scrutinising legislation and building policy on crime, immigration, criminal justice policy and constitutional reform. In 2009, Dominic published his first book, The Assault on Liberty, exposing Labour's attacks on Britain’s proud tradition of freedom, whilst warning against importing a continental model of human rights via the Human Rights Act. It was rated one of The Sunday Times ‘current affairs’ books of 2009. Dom is a black belt 3rd Dan in karate – former UK Southern Regions champion and British squad member - and still enjoys training. He is married to Erika - and live in the constituency.