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Carter-Ruck

6 ST ANDREW STREET, LONDON, EC4A 3AE, ENGLAND
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Work 020 7353 5005
Fax:
Fax 020 7353 5553
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333 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
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www.carter-ruck.com
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What we say about the firm's legal practice in London

Dispute resolution

Within Defamation and privacy, Carter-Ruck is a first tier firm,

Carter-Ruck is ‘pre-eminent in the field’ of defamation and privacy claimant work, and is praised for its ‘strength through the whole team, from the senior partners through to the junior solicitors’. The nine-partner team provides a ‘master-class service’, and is ‘extremely responsive’ as well as ‘fair, balanced and professional’. It successfully acted for the Prime Minister of Bahrain in relation to a complaint against The Sunday Times; and also advised Professor Robert Service and Dr Rachel Polonsky regarding a complaint over anonymous reviews of their works posted on the Amazon website. Other clients include Sir Elton John, Simon Cowell, Kate and Gerry McCann, Michael Winner, the Prime Minister of Turkey, Tesco, Leeds United FC, and Al Jazeera. Adam Tudor is ‘thorough’, and has ‘excellent knowledge of the law’; Claire Gill is ‘excellent’; Nigel Tait is ‘cool and calm, and a tactical genius’; and Alasdair Pepper stands out for his ‘pragmatic’ approach.

Within Public international law, tier 4

Carter-Ruck is at the forefront of challenges to the asset-freezing regime introduced in the aftermath of 9/11. Team head Cameron Doley was instructed by the government of the State of Qatar in relation to border and energy rights disputes, and transnational investment and broadcasting issues. Guy Martin is ‘excellent’.

TMT (technology, media and telecoms)

Within Media and entertainment, tier 5

Carter-Ruck’s five-partner publishing team, led by Guy Martin, advises on matters including trade mark and copyright issues and contract disputes. Magnus Boyd advises Slimming World on competitions and promotions, as well as libel and copyright. Incisive Media and Pearson Education are also clients. Senior partner Andrew Stephenson undertakes a significant amount of pre-publication review work; Ruth Collard’s practice spans contentious and non-contentious matters; and Claire Gill advises on matters including privacy, contempt and libel.

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