News

Statements, case updates and campaign news.

Drawn from the firm's own work and from the #FreeLatifa and Detained International campaigns. A full, searchable database of the more than a thousand press articles and broadcast appearances featuring our founder since 2012 is being compiled and will live here.

Latest News

From the firm, and the front pages.

29 Jul 2026

Times Law profiles our founder

The Times' law pages record that every claim against our founder was finally dismissed. What the profile says, and why it matters for the people we act for. Read our statement.

Haigh Justice
14 Jul 2026

Zeynab Javadli: released on bail but trapped in Dubai, her daughters not returned

Our client Zeynab Javadli has been released on bail but remains trapped in Dubai, her three young daughters still not returned to her. We continue to lead her case, as we have since 2022.

Dubai Watch
30 Jan 2024

In the Dark: The Runaway Princesses

The acclaimed podcast series on the escape of Princess Latifa, with our founder among those who tell the story from the inside.

The New Yorker
24 Oct 2023

Real Sports: The Runaways of Dubai

Our founder features in the Real Sports investigation into the ruler of Dubai's use of elite sport alongside the documented cases of his daughters.

HBO
7 Mar 2023

Kidnapper Sheikh faces COP 28 boycott

As the UAE prepared to host COP 28, we backed calls for a boycott over the ruler's abduction of his own daughters, putting Dubai's human rights record on the world's agenda.

Haigh Justice
14 Oct 2021

Leading Emiratis facing sanctions over American's 14-year Dubai jail hell

American businessman Zack Shahin has spent fourteen years imprisoned in Dubai. We set out the case for sanctioning the officials responsible for his ordeal.

Haigh Justice
1 Oct 2021

Expose the Expo campaign launched

Launching the campaign to make Expo 2020 answer for the emirate's record: arbitrary detention, hostage diplomacy and the imprisonment of a princess.

Haigh Justice
30 Sep 2020

Princess Latifa now in grave danger, United Nations told

Our submission to the United Nations on the deteriorating situation of HRH Princess Latifa Al Maktoum.

Haigh Justice
19 Sep 2020

British mother who fought Sharia courts faces losing her home

The mother who fought Dubai's Sharia courts to see her son, left facing nearly £100,000 of her ex-husband's legal costs.

Haigh Justice
11 Sep 2020

David Haigh talks to the Daily Mail

Our founder speaks to the Daily Mail on the case of a woman targeted by men linked to her husband.

Daily Mail
Ongoing

Fighting Interpol red notice abuse

We continue to challenge abusive red notices at the CCF and to campaign against the system that enables them. Our founder commissioned the landmark Undue Influence report into the abuse of Interpol.

Haigh Justice
Ongoing

Standing with Zeynab Javadli

We continue to stand with Zeynab Javadli in her cross-border fight for the safety and custody of her three young daughters, a matter we have led since 2022.

Haigh Justice
Every Published Story

The full archive, 2015 to today.

Every story we have published, newest first.