London Bar
Administrative law and human rights
HALL OF FAME1Edward Fitzgerald CBE KC –Doughty Street Chambers 'His legal arguments are flawless and persuasive. Clients are blown away by his performance in court.'
Edward Fitzgerald KC
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Position
Edward Fitzgerald KC was named Human Rights and Public Law Silk of the Year in the Chambers Bar Awards 2013, Legal Aid Lawyer of the year in 2009, and Silk of the Year award 2005. In 1998 he was given the Times Justice Human Rights Award. In 2008 he was awarded the CBE for services to human rights. He specialises in criminal law, public law, judicial review and international human rights law.
Edward Fitzgerald KC is a highly acclaimed silk who offers vast experience across the fields of public, criminal and international human rights law. Edward is ranked in the highest Bands of each of his fields in the Chambers and Partners 2022 tables. He is Band 1 in Extradition, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Administration and Public Law. He is listed as a ‘starred individual’ in the area of Crime in 2022, and listed in the ‘international spotlight’ in the area of International Human Rights Law.
Education
Oxford and Cambridge (BA (Hons) Congratulatory First, MPhil Criminology, qualified in New York and American Law).
Mentions
London Bar
Crime
HALL OF FAME3Edward Fitzgerald KC – Doughty Street Chambers ‘Edward is the most creative lawyer of our times, responsible for many key developments in jurisprudence. He uses his deep and wide ranging knowledge of the law, together with his keen sense of justice and humanity to utmost effect when representing his clients.'
London Bar
International crime and extradition
HALL OF FAME1Edward Fitzgerald KC –Doughty Street Chambers ‘Simply the best. His legal arguments are flawless and persuasive. Highly respected across the profession, up to the European Courts and internationally.’