Carter-Ruck
UK Guide 2024
About
Senior Partner: Cameron Doley
Managing Partner: Nigel Tait
Number of partners: 10
Number of assistants: 9
Number of other fee-earners: 6
Contacts:
Media Law: Adam Tudor, Nigel Tait, Alasdair Pepper, Claire Gill, Antonia Foster, Rebecca Toman, Persephone Bridgman Baker
International Arbitration: Cameron Doley, Guy Martin
Commercial Litigation: Adam Tudor, Alasdair Pepper, Nigel Tait, Claire Gill
Public International Law: Guy Martin, Cameron Doley, Alasdair Pepper, Miranda Rushton
Sanctions: Guy Martin, Charles Enderby Smith
Firm Overview
Carter-Ruck is one of the UK’s best known firms and is renowned for its expertise in litigation and dispute resolution. It is recognised as the UK’s pre-eminent media law practice, and its commercial litigation and international law practices are also highly regarded. The firm’s clients include national governments, heads of state and other political figures, multinational companies, business people, celebrities, and lower-profile individuals and organisations who place no less a premium on their reputations. Many of the firm’s cases attract the attention of the world’s media and Carter-Ruck is well used to dealing with the challenges that this presents.
Main Areas of Practice
Media Law:
We are experts in reputation management, media and privacy disputes. We help individuals and organisations who find themselves subject to adverse or intrusive media or online interest. We provide fast, practical advice on defamation, privacy, breach of confidence, data protection and blackmail or harassment.
We help clients who are faced with the publication of untrue or intrusive allegations which threaten their reputation whether in the traditional press, on TV or radio or online (including on social media).Depending on the point at which we are engaged, we will seek to mitigate or prevent publication (including, where necessary, obtaining a Court injunction).Where publication has already taken place, we will advise on a strategy for responding – including obtaining the swift removal or correction of material online, publication of apologies and payment of damages and costs where appropriate.If Court proceedings prove necessary, we have a formidable track record in securing victories for our clients at or before trial.
International Arbitration:
We assist states, political leaders, businesses UHNW individuals and investors with a range of issues including international arbitrations, cross-border regulatory investigations, sanctions, restrictive measures and Mutual Legal Assistance. We also advise on INTERPOL Notices (including Red Notices), diplomatic protection and sovereign immunity. Lawyers also advise on and conduct arbitrations under the arbitral rules of institutions including UNCITRAL, LCIA, ICC, LMAA and LME.
Commercial Litigation:
We manage a wide variety of complex litigation and arbitration spanning heavyweight commercial disputes, intellectual property claims and high value claims against banks, financial institutions and professional advisers, in the UK, European and international courts and other forums.
Public International Law:
Carter-Ruck has extensive experience in litigation, arbitration and regulatory matters involving an international, diplomatic or geopolitical context. The team regularly advises on the impact of international law and represent clients in a variety of tribunals and forums worldwide. The team is also well known for advising clients who are the subject of targeted sanctions and restrictive measures at domestic, European Union or international level. The firm’s expertise in dealing with the international media means they are uniquely placed to advise on the reputational implications of sensitive international disputes.
Sanctions:
Carter-Ruck is widely considered to be the leading law firm for individuals and entities wishing to take steps, including court action, for the annulment of restrictive measures. We pioneered challenges to such sanctions in 2001 for client Sheikh Yassin Abdullah Kadi whose two successes before the European Court of Justice have set the benchmark for sanctions challenges.
We have represented clients before the Administrative Court in London in domestic judicial reviews of administrative sanctions decisions, the Ombudsperson to the United Nation’s ISIL and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee, before the General Court of the European Union and the European Court of Justice. We also advise clients challenging US designations by OFAC.
By their nature, many of these cases include a reputation management element. Carter-Ruck’s unrivalled expertise in media law means that we are particularly well-placed to assist and uniquely we are able to respond quickly and authoritatively to press interest directed to our clients.
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- Tel: (020) 7353 5005
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Law360: UK Damages Cap Threatens Rights of Sanctions Targets
There has been no shortage lately of legislative tinkering with the framework governing the UK’s sanctions regime. With sanctions becoming an ever-increasingly important and prolific foreign policy tool these alterations are growing in consequence.
His Majesty King Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón wins sovereign immunity appeal
The Court of Appeal (King LJ, Simler LJ and Popplewell LJ) has today delivered judgment upholding the claim to sovereign immunity of His Majesty King Juan Carlos I in respect of allegations of pre-abdication conduct made against him by Corinna Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (the “Claimant”).
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif of Pakistan secures apologies from The Mail on Sunday and MailOnline
The MailOnline and the Mail on Sunday (published by Associated Newspapers) have apologised to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shahbaz Sharif, over false and very seriously defamatory allegations published in articles on 14 July 2019
Al Jazeera files ICC request over Israeli killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
Al Jazeera Media Network has filed a formal request with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, seeking an investigation into the killing of the renowned journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, shot by the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) while reporting from Palestine on 11 May 2022.
Len McCluskey receives apology and substantial payment to charity from The Mirror
Len McCluskey, who was General Secretary of Unite the Union from 2011 to 2021, has received a full apology, together with £18,000 in libel damages, plus his legal costs, from The Mirror newspaper.
Carter-Ruck launches International Media Law Guide
Carter-Ruck has launched an International Media Law Guide, which has been written by experts who practise in media law in the jurisdictions featured and which will be a useful resource for those seeking to access information about the different rights and remedies available in this field globally.
Mr David Kendrick and Ms Daisy Kendrick sue Mukesh Kapila over blog allegations
Mr David Kendrick and Ms Daisy Kendrick have brought legal proceedings today against Professor Mukesh Kapila following publication on his blog of allegations regarding their dealings with United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS).
Mirror apologises and pays £75,000 damages to individual over repeated allegations of fraud
Ilian Stoimenov has won his libel claim against the publisher of the Daily Mirror.
Guy Martin and Katherine Hooley have advised the prominent film director Taghi Amirani and film editor Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now, The Conversation, The English Patient) concerning their film Coup 53. Coup 53 is a historical documentary about the CIA/MI6 sponsored coup in Iran in 1953.
Ontario Court of Appeal upholds dismissal of defamation action against Al Jazeera
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has dismissed an Appeal brought by the Rebel News Network against a Decision of 16 February 2021 to dismiss its defamation claim against Al Jazeera. Carter-Ruck client Al Jazeera Media Network won a motion to dismiss a defamation claim brought by Rebel News
Telegraph & Ian Austin apologise in High Court to Laura Murray over false anti-Semitism allegations
The Telegraph and Ian Austin (the former Labour MP and now member of the House of Lords) have today provided a full and unreserved apology to Laura Murray before Mr Justice Saini in the High Court in London, following Ms Murray’s successful claim in libel.
Swiss Federal Prosecutor’s office has closed its 11-year criminal investigation into the Mubaraks'
The Swiss Federal Prosecutor’s office has closed its 11-year criminal investigation into Alaa and Gamal Mubarak, the sons of the late former President of Egypt, unfreezing all of their assets in Switzerland.
The Sun apologises to Susan Hamblin over serious libels
Susan Hamblin has won her libel and data protection claim against the publisher of The Sun.
High Court grants permission to Ahmad permission to pursue his claim against 6 UAE Officials
Ali Issa Ahmad, the British tourist who was falsely arrested and tortured in the UAE in 2019 after attending an Asian Cup football match, has been given permission by the High Court to serve out of the jurisdiction and pursue his claim against 6 senior UAE officials.
Carter-Ruck promote Persephone Bridgman Baker to the Partnership
Leading litigation law firm Carter-Ruck is pleased to announce that Persephone Bridgman Baker has been promoted to Partner and will join the partnership effective 1 February 2022.
EU Court of Justice annuls sanctions imposed on former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Family
EU Court of Justice annuls sanctions imposed on former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Family
Sexual assault victim Caitlin McNamara sends formal notification of civil claim to UAE Sheikh
Caitlin McNamara, the curator of the inaugural Hay Festival in Abu Dhabi, has today sent a formal letter of claim to Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, the UAE’s Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence.
Tortured football fan Ali Issa Ahmad sends formal notification of civil claim to senior UAE official
Ali Issa Ahmad, the British tourist who was falsely arrested and tortured in the UAE in 2019 after attending an Asian Cup football match, has today sent formal letters of claim to six senior UAE officials.
Rached Ghannouchi secures takedown of four publications by Al Arab and Middle East Online
Rached Ghannouchi (the leader of the Tunisian Ennahdha Party and Speaker of the Tunisian Parliament) has secured the take down of three articles and a video published on various dates in April and May 2020 by Al Arab and Middle East Online.
The Times apologises and pays £50,000 in libel damages to Al-Khair Foundation and Imam Qasim
The publisher of the Times has apologised in the High Court to Al-Khair Foundation, its Founder Imam Qasim and its Trustees over false human trafficking allegations they published about them in 2020. The Times has also published a full apology and paid £50,000 in libel damages, plus costs.
MailOnline apologises and pays substantial damages to Sand Van Roy for revealing her rape complaint
MailOnline has apologised in the High Court to Sand Van Roy (the Dutch-Belgian actor and former comedian) over revealing her identity as a complainant in a rape case against a French film director (allegations which the individual strongly denies).
MailOnline apologises and pays substantial libel damages to Al-Khair Foundation and Imam Qasim over
The publisher of MailOnline has apologised to Al-Khair Foundation, its Founder Imam Qasim and its Trustees over the publication of false allegations of complicity in human trafficking.
Owner of The Ritz suing The Times over false Syrian Allegations
Abdulhadi Mana Al-Hajri, owner of the Ritz Hotel in London has instructed Carter-Ruck to bring immediate legal proceedings against The Times following publication this morning of wholly false allegations linking him to the supposed funding of extremism in Syria.
Marc Wadsworth secures apologies and substantial libel damages over false “intimidation” allegations
The campaigner, journalist and lecturer, Marc Wadsworth, has received full apologies and substantial damages from the publisher of The Jewish Chronicle.
Global Investigation Review: The Guide to Sanctions (First Edition) featuring Carter-Ruck
Carter-Ruck are pleased to be contributors to the First Edition of Global Investigations Review's Guide to Sanctions published in August 2020. The Guide is now available in hard copy and online on Global Investigations Review.
LEAVE.EU APOLOGISES AND PAYS SUBSTANTIAL LIBEL DAMAGES TO NAZ SHAH MP
Leave.EU, the pro-Brexit political campaign group, has apologised to Naz Shah (MP for Bradford West and Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion) over a Tweet and Facebook Post published in December last year. Leave.EU also agreed to pay Ms Shah a substantial sum in libel damages and her legal fees.
NECTAR TRUST SECURES APOLOGY AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES FROM DAILY TELEGRAPH
The publisher of the Daily Telegraph has apologised and agreed to pay substantial libel damages to the Nectar Trust (a UK charity) and its Trustees, over wholly false allegations linking the charity to terrorism and questioning its independence.
RACHEL NICKELL ALLEGATIONS: FORMER POLICE COMMANDER SECURES APOLOGY AND COMPENSATION FROM MIRROR
Mirror Group Newspapers has issued an unreserved apology and agreed to pay substantial compensation and legal costs to former police Commander Roy Ramm, after the Mirror newspaper published false and defamatory allegations about him on its website in March 2018.
RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN: HIGH COURT RULING AGAINST GOOGLE IS JUST THE START
The Times has published an article by Dominic Garner following the firm's landmark 'right to be forgotten' cases against Google.
Is Press Coverage Protected By Parliamentary Privilege?
Are Parliamentary Select Committee Reports - and associated press coverage - protected by privilege? This issue came up recently when Sir Bradley Wiggins responded to what he called 'malicious' allegations. Persephone Bridgman Baker surveys the law, in an article for sports law website Law In Sport.
Law360: UK Damages Cap Threatens Rights of Sanctions Targets
There has been no shortage lately of legislative tinkering with the framework governing the UK’s sanctions regime. With sanctions becoming an ever-increasingly important and prolific foreign policy tool these alterations are growing in consequence.
His Majesty King Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón wins sovereign immunity appeal
The Court of Appeal (King LJ, Simler LJ and Popplewell LJ) has today delivered judgment upholding the claim to sovereign immunity of His Majesty King Juan Carlos I in respect of allegations of pre-abdication conduct made against him by Corinna Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (the “Claimant”).
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif of Pakistan secures apologies from The Mail on Sunday and MailOnline
The MailOnline and the Mail on Sunday (published by Associated Newspapers) have apologised to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shahbaz Sharif, over false and very seriously defamatory allegations published in articles on 14 July 2019
Al Jazeera files ICC request over Israeli killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
Al Jazeera Media Network has filed a formal request with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, seeking an investigation into the killing of the renowned journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, shot by the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) while reporting from Palestine on 11 May 2022.
Len McCluskey receives apology and substantial payment to charity from The Mirror
Len McCluskey, who was General Secretary of Unite the Union from 2011 to 2021, has received a full apology, together with £18,000 in libel damages, plus his legal costs, from The Mirror newspaper.
Carter-Ruck launches International Media Law Guide
Carter-Ruck has launched an International Media Law Guide, which has been written by experts who practise in media law in the jurisdictions featured and which will be a useful resource for those seeking to access information about the different rights and remedies available in this field globally.
Mr David Kendrick and Ms Daisy Kendrick sue Mukesh Kapila over blog allegations
Mr David Kendrick and Ms Daisy Kendrick have brought legal proceedings today against Professor Mukesh Kapila following publication on his blog of allegations regarding their dealings with United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS).
Mirror apologises and pays £75,000 damages to individual over repeated allegations of fraud
Ilian Stoimenov has won his libel claim against the publisher of the Daily Mirror.
Guy Martin and Katherine Hooley have advised the prominent film director Taghi Amirani and film editor Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now, The Conversation, The English Patient) concerning their film Coup 53. Coup 53 is a historical documentary about the CIA/MI6 sponsored coup in Iran in 1953.
Ontario Court of Appeal upholds dismissal of defamation action against Al Jazeera
The Court of Appeal for Ontario has dismissed an Appeal brought by the Rebel News Network against a Decision of 16 February 2021 to dismiss its defamation claim against Al Jazeera. Carter-Ruck client Al Jazeera Media Network won a motion to dismiss a defamation claim brought by Rebel News
Telegraph & Ian Austin apologise in High Court to Laura Murray over false anti-Semitism allegations
The Telegraph and Ian Austin (the former Labour MP and now member of the House of Lords) have today provided a full and unreserved apology to Laura Murray before Mr Justice Saini in the High Court in London, following Ms Murray’s successful claim in libel.
Swiss Federal Prosecutor’s office has closed its 11-year criminal investigation into the Mubaraks'
The Swiss Federal Prosecutor’s office has closed its 11-year criminal investigation into Alaa and Gamal Mubarak, the sons of the late former President of Egypt, unfreezing all of their assets in Switzerland.
The Sun apologises to Susan Hamblin over serious libels
Susan Hamblin has won her libel and data protection claim against the publisher of The Sun.
High Court grants permission to Ahmad permission to pursue his claim against 6 UAE Officials
Ali Issa Ahmad, the British tourist who was falsely arrested and tortured in the UAE in 2019 after attending an Asian Cup football match, has been given permission by the High Court to serve out of the jurisdiction and pursue his claim against 6 senior UAE officials.
Carter-Ruck promote Persephone Bridgman Baker to the Partnership
Leading litigation law firm Carter-Ruck is pleased to announce that Persephone Bridgman Baker has been promoted to Partner and will join the partnership effective 1 February 2022.
EU Court of Justice annuls sanctions imposed on former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Family
EU Court of Justice annuls sanctions imposed on former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Family
Sexual assault victim Caitlin McNamara sends formal notification of civil claim to UAE Sheikh
Caitlin McNamara, the curator of the inaugural Hay Festival in Abu Dhabi, has today sent a formal letter of claim to Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, the UAE’s Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence.
Tortured football fan Ali Issa Ahmad sends formal notification of civil claim to senior UAE official
Ali Issa Ahmad, the British tourist who was falsely arrested and tortured in the UAE in 2019 after attending an Asian Cup football match, has today sent formal letters of claim to six senior UAE officials.
Rached Ghannouchi secures takedown of four publications by Al Arab and Middle East Online
Rached Ghannouchi (the leader of the Tunisian Ennahdha Party and Speaker of the Tunisian Parliament) has secured the take down of three articles and a video published on various dates in April and May 2020 by Al Arab and Middle East Online.
The Times apologises and pays £50,000 in libel damages to Al-Khair Foundation and Imam Qasim
The publisher of the Times has apologised in the High Court to Al-Khair Foundation, its Founder Imam Qasim and its Trustees over false human trafficking allegations they published about them in 2020. The Times has also published a full apology and paid £50,000 in libel damages, plus costs.
MailOnline apologises and pays substantial damages to Sand Van Roy for revealing her rape complaint
MailOnline has apologised in the High Court to Sand Van Roy (the Dutch-Belgian actor and former comedian) over revealing her identity as a complainant in a rape case against a French film director (allegations which the individual strongly denies).
MailOnline apologises and pays substantial libel damages to Al-Khair Foundation and Imam Qasim over
The publisher of MailOnline has apologised to Al-Khair Foundation, its Founder Imam Qasim and its Trustees over the publication of false allegations of complicity in human trafficking.
Owner of The Ritz suing The Times over false Syrian Allegations
Abdulhadi Mana Al-Hajri, owner of the Ritz Hotel in London has instructed Carter-Ruck to bring immediate legal proceedings against The Times following publication this morning of wholly false allegations linking him to the supposed funding of extremism in Syria.
Marc Wadsworth secures apologies and substantial libel damages over false “intimidation” allegations
The campaigner, journalist and lecturer, Marc Wadsworth, has received full apologies and substantial damages from the publisher of The Jewish Chronicle.
Global Investigation Review: The Guide to Sanctions (First Edition) featuring Carter-Ruck
Carter-Ruck are pleased to be contributors to the First Edition of Global Investigations Review's Guide to Sanctions published in August 2020. The Guide is now available in hard copy and online on Global Investigations Review.
LEAVE.EU APOLOGISES AND PAYS SUBSTANTIAL LIBEL DAMAGES TO NAZ SHAH MP
Leave.EU, the pro-Brexit political campaign group, has apologised to Naz Shah (MP for Bradford West and Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion) over a Tweet and Facebook Post published in December last year. Leave.EU also agreed to pay Ms Shah a substantial sum in libel damages and her legal fees.
NECTAR TRUST SECURES APOLOGY AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES FROM DAILY TELEGRAPH
The publisher of the Daily Telegraph has apologised and agreed to pay substantial libel damages to the Nectar Trust (a UK charity) and its Trustees, over wholly false allegations linking the charity to terrorism and questioning its independence.
RACHEL NICKELL ALLEGATIONS: FORMER POLICE COMMANDER SECURES APOLOGY AND COMPENSATION FROM MIRROR
Mirror Group Newspapers has issued an unreserved apology and agreed to pay substantial compensation and legal costs to former police Commander Roy Ramm, after the Mirror newspaper published false and defamatory allegations about him on its website in March 2018.
RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN: HIGH COURT RULING AGAINST GOOGLE IS JUST THE START
The Times has published an article by Dominic Garner following the firm's landmark 'right to be forgotten' cases against Google.
Is Press Coverage Protected By Parliamentary Privilege?
Are Parliamentary Select Committee Reports - and associated press coverage - protected by privilege? This issue came up recently when Sir Bradley Wiggins responded to what he called 'malicious' allegations. Persephone Bridgman Baker surveys the law, in an article for sports law website Law In Sport.