Chambers is delighted to announce that Ben Keith has been shortlisted for the IBA Pro Bono Award 2025, recognising his outstanding commitment to pro bono work.
The International Bar Association (IBA) Pro Bono Committee honours lawyers who have demonstrated exceptional dedication to pro bono work, and Ben is one of only seven candidates shortlisted globally for this year's award. He has been nominated alongside his colleague Rhys Davies at Temple Garden Chambers, who is also his co-editor at Red Notice Monitor. The award is supported by LexisNexis and represents international recognition of excellence in pro bono legal services.
Ben and Rhys were jointly named International Pro Bono Barrister of the Year award in November 2021, by Advocate, the England and Wales Bar's national pro bono charity.
The IBA Pro Bono Committee's mission is to support the promotion of pro bono work globally through implementation of the IBA Pro Bono Declaration and the exchange of information and best practice. Pro bono work serves as a cornerstone of the legal profession and a crucial vehicle for access to justice where legal aid systems may be insufficient.
His nomination reflects his extensive work in international human rights law, including submissions to UN Working Groups on Arbitrary Detention and Special Rapporteurs, as well as Global Magnitsky Sanctions submissions to governments in the UK, US, and Canada.
Chambers congratulates Ben on this well deserved international recognition and wishes him the very best with the award outcome.
Ben Keith is a leading barrister specialising in cross-border and international cases. He deals with all aspects of extradition, immigration, human rights, mutual legal assistance, Interpol, financial crime and international law, including sanctions. He represents governments, political and military leaders, high net worth individuals, human rights defenders and business leaders in the most sensitive cases. He is a leading authority on the removal of Interpol Red Notices for worldwide clients. He edits the Red Notice Monitor blog.
Ben has extensive experience of appellate proceedings before the Administrative and Divisional Courts, Civil and Criminal Divisions of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court as well as applications and appeals to the European Court of Human Rights and the United Nations.
Ben has significant expertise in post-soviet states, as well the Middle East and the Far East.
He is ranked in Chambers and Partners as a star leader in the field of extradition at the London Bar and in The Legal 500 as a Tier 1 leading individual in extradition. Ben is also ranked in Chambers and Partners in the field of immigration and in its Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals rankings. He is recognised in The Spears’ 500 2024 Guide as a ‘Recommended Immigration Law Barrister’.
