Ruth Kennedy

Ranked in 4 Practice Areas

Band 4

Civil Liberties & Human Rights

London (Bar)

2 Years Ranked

Band 4

Sport

London (Bar)

1 Years Ranked

Band 5

Employment

London (Bar)

5 Years Ranked

Band 6

Commercial Dispute Resolution

London (Bar)

1 Years Ranked

Ranked in Guides

Global 2025

About

Provided by Ruth Kennedy

UK Bar

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

Provided by Chambers

UK-Bar

Civil Liberties & Human Rights - London (Bar)

Band 4

Individual Editorial

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.

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Sport - London (Bar)

Band 4

Individual Editorial

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.

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Employment - London (Bar)

Band 5

Individual Editorial

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.

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Commercial Dispute Resolution - London (Bar)

Band 6

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Ruth is brilliant at taking responsibility for the case; she has real self-confidence and great judgement.

Civil Liberties & Human Rights respondent
UK-Bar

Ruth is a pleasure to work with and she works seamlessly and tirelessly alongside us.

Sport respondent
UK-Bar

Ruth is absolutely fantastic - she's very responsive and understands the commercial background of cases very well.

Sport respondent
UK-Bar

She is absolutely excellent.

Sport respondent
UK-Bar

Ruth is a brilliant barrister.

Employment respondent
UK-Bar

Ruth is very personable and highly responsive, and produces work efficiently and to a high standard.

Commercial Dispute Resolution respondent
UK-Bar

Ruth gives very clear advice and is exceptionally user-friendly. She also has sound tactical judgement and is highly commercial in her approach.

Commercial Dispute Resolution respondent
UK-Bar

The quality of her output and her ability to work to demanding deadlines both seriously impress.

Commercial Dispute Resolution respondent
UK-Bar

Ruth is brilliant at taking responsibility for the case; she has real self-confidence and great judgement.

Civil Liberties & Human Rights respondent
UK-Bar

Ruth is a pleasure to work with and she works seamlessly and tirelessly alongside us.

Sport respondent
UK-Bar

Ruth is absolutely fantastic - she's very responsive and understands the commercial background of cases very well.

Sport respondent
UK-Bar

She is absolutely excellent.

Sport respondent
UK-Bar

Ruth is a brilliant barrister.

Employment respondent
UK-Bar

Ruth is very personable and highly responsive, and produces work efficiently and to a high standard.

Commercial Dispute Resolution respondent
UK-Bar

Ruth gives very clear advice and is exceptionally user-friendly. She also has sound tactical judgement and is highly commercial in her approach.

Commercial Dispute Resolution respondent
UK-Bar

The quality of her output and her ability to work to demanding deadlines both seriously impress.

Commercial Dispute Resolution respondent
UK-Bar

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Ruth Kennedy

UK Bar Guide 2025

Civil Liberties & Human Rights + 3 more rankings

About

Practice Areas

Career

Professional Memberships

Chambers Review

UK-Bar

Civil Liberties & Human Rights - London (Bar)

Individual Editorial

Sport - London (Bar)

Individual Editorial

Employment - London (Bar)

Individual Editorial

Commercial Dispute Resolution - London (Bar)

Strengths

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