It is a sunny morning in Penzance, and for the newest recruit to the board of the town’s local football club, there is an almost inordinate amount of pleasure to be had in thinking up ways to raise the £10,000 required to fix the broken floodlights at little known Penlee Park.

In an area where football is very much rugby’s poor relation, there is also the task of encouraging the local sports shops in this sleepy seaside resort on England’s most south-westerly tip to find room on their shelves to stock Penzance AFC’s replica shirt.

Haigh International Justice managing director David Haigh has been invited to give evidence at an extradition hearing of a Scottish man in Edinburgh.

The Government of the UAE is attempting to extradite a Scottish man to the UAE. Mr. Haigh will provide eye witness testimony on the conditions within the jails, specifically torture, mistreatment, and discrimination.

 

Haigh International Justice is a London based international dispute resolution, crisis management and strategic advisory firm which specializes in complex criminal and civil disputes in Dubai, the wider UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and Saudi Arabia.

Our partners are considered the leading authorities on UAE criminal and civil law and its justice and prison system. We consult to businesses, entrepreneurs, international law firms, charities, NGOs, politicians, and media on legal issues in all of the Gulf Countries.

Haigh International Justice was established by David Haigh.

David established the non-profit “Detained International” a number of years ago to assist those facing civil and criminal disputes in the UAE And the wider Gulf.

David Haigh is an award-winning English lawyer and the former managing director of Leeds United Football club and Deputy CEO of a Dubai Investment bank. David was the victim of fraud by his former employers which saw him detained in Dubai for 22 months before an acquittal on Twitter slander charges. David wants to turn his negative experiences into something positive by using his experience and expertise to help others.

From the outset, Haigh International Justice acted in everything from simple bounced cheque cases to large-scale commercial litigation, extraditions, criminal investigations and prosecutions and regulatory investigations across the globe. We have a track record of successfully representing individuals and companies against banks. large financial institutions, prosecutors and Governments.

Our base in London combined with our unique approach enables us to be truly independent, free from the regulations that restrict Middle Eastern law firms from giving you the best advice and the best expertise and free from conflicts of interest that would preclude law firms from acting in this type of litigation. We are able to pick the best team to work for you. Our clients are mainly referred to us by Embassies, Consulates, law firms, barristers and other professionals.

Our cases are often multi-jurisdictional, high profile and frequently involve PR, campaigning, social media, investigations, and forensic and other expert evidence. Haigh International Justice is not a law firm. We have a comprehensive and international network of lawyers, barristers, investigators, accountants, PR, and other professional advisers and experts to support us and you during pre-trial litigation, at trial, and after trial.

We enjoy a reputation for being formidable, fearless, innovative, independent and taking a multi-disciplinary approach to problem-solving and winning cases in the most challenging of circumstances. When your back is against the wall, we will be there to support you.