David Haigh, international human rights lawyer
International Human Rights Lawyer · Crisis Manager · Writer & Broadcaster

The lawyer who lived it.

Lawyer to princesses and to prisoners, to NGOs, executives and families in crisis. David Haigh is Britain’s go-to voice on justice in Dubai and the wider UAE: more than a decade spent freeing the wrongly detained, fighting cross-border custody battles, and taking on the most powerful men in the region. And winning. He knows the stakes because he has lived them. Wrongly jailed in Dubai himself, he came home, fought for ten years to prove it, and won.

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8historic firsts
25years in law
100shelped through injustice
10+Dubai & Saudi royals represented
22months survived in Dubai’s jails
“I trust him with my life, and those of my children.” ZEYNAB JAVADLI “A human rights hero.” PETER TATCHELL
“You saved my life.”
HRH Princess (Sheikha) Latifa Al Maktoum
“You wouldn’t want to bet against him.” THE LAWYER “One of the only gay football bosses in history.” PINKNEWS
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