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About
Provided by Ruth Kennedy
Practice Areas
Specialist in commercial; public and human rights; public and private international law; employment and sports law.
Appears before domestic courts and tribunals up to and including the Supreme Court; in public inquiries including the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry; in international courts and tribunals including the European Court of Human Rights and the International Court of Justice; in arbitrations under the LCIA, ICC and UNCITRAL rules; and in specialist sports arbitrations including CAS.
Career
Acts in the most high profile and complex cases across her practice areas on behalf of a wide range of clients including states and governments; multinational corporations; financial institutions; NGOs; sports regulators; and athletes, clubs and teams.
Member of the Attorney General’s London B panel and specialist Public International C panel of counsel.
BA (Hons) Jurisprudence, Oxford University; LLM (Distinction), UCL. Called to the Bar in 2015. Former positions held include: Research Assistant to Professor Philippe Sands KC; Teaching Fellow at UCL; Judicial Assistant to the Master of the Rolls, Sir Terence Etherton.
Professional Memberships
ALBA, COMBAR, ELA, ILS, LawInSport, Advocate.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Ruth Kennedy has gained in prominence in the human rights sphere and is experienced in a variety of cases, including those touching on environmental and equality law.
Ruth Kennedy's expertise covers a range of matters but she is considerably adept at handling disputes in the football space. She has notable experience representing clients in the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Ruth Kennedy is an experienced advocate with particular expertise in discrimination, whistle-blowing and unfair dismissal cases. She is frequently instructed by governments, NHS trusts, universities, charities and clients in the financial services sector.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Ruth is absolutely fantastic - she's very responsive and understands the commercial background of cases very well."
"She is absolutely excellent."
"Ruth is a pleasure to work with and she works seamlessly and tirelessly alongside us."
"Ruth is very personable and highly responsive, and produces work efficiently and to a high standard."
"The quality of her output and her ability to work to demanding deadlines both seriously impress."
"Ruth gives very clear advice and is exceptionally user-friendly. She also has sound tactical judgement and is highly commercial in her approach."
"Ruth is a brilliant barrister."
"Ruth is brilliant at taking responsibility for the case; she has real self-confidence and great judgement."
"Ruth is absolutely fantastic - she's very responsive and understands the commercial background of cases very well."
"She is absolutely excellent."
"Ruth is a pleasure to work with and she works seamlessly and tirelessly alongside us."
"Ruth is very personable and highly responsive, and produces work efficiently and to a high standard."
"The quality of her output and her ability to work to demanding deadlines both seriously impress."
"Ruth gives very clear advice and is exceptionally user-friendly. She also has sound tactical judgement and is highly commercial in her approach."
"Ruth is a brilliant barrister."
"Ruth is brilliant at taking responsibility for the case; she has real self-confidence and great judgement."
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