Law alumnus wins esteemed Human Rights Award

Daniel Carey, a former King’s LLB student, has won the esteemed Peter Duffy Award at the Human Rights Awards 2009 organised by JUSTICE and Liberty. Daniel won the award for his outstanding commitment to a number of vital human rights cases – including Al-Sweady, Evans, Al-Haq and the Baha Mousa inquiry – which required unstinting endeavour and an incredible eye for detail.

Daniel Carey is a solicitor at Public Interest Lawyers, where he works on cases involving issues of International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law.

The award was presented at a ceremony hosted by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on 10 December 2009. The Peter Duffy Award commemorates the life and achievements of one of the UK’s most highly dedicated human rights lawyers. Peter Duffy QC was particularly supportive of young lawyers and an important part of his human rights work was done pro bono for organisations, including Liberty and JUSTICE.

The Human Rights Awards are held jointly each December to commemorate Human Rights Day, and the awards aim to recognise and encourage individuals and organisations whose work is dedicated to protecting and promoting the rights of others.

Daniel graduated from King’s in 1998 and completed his training contract at City firm Denton Wilde Sapte, before moving on to work for US firm Steptoe and Johnson in Real Estate, Construction and Corporate matters. He carried out pro bono work for the legal charity Reprieve during this time, and later took up a voluntary position at the Lousiana Capital Assistance Center in the US, where he assisted on death row cases. Daniel also worked for a year for the Human Rights NGO Peace Brigades International (PBI) in Guatemala, for which he received the Law Society’s New Solicitor of the Year Award in 2007.