Doughty Street Chambers

Prior to joining the bar, Ruby was a discrimination advisor and caseworker at Suffolk Law Centre where she specialised in acting for clients with mental health conditions and other vulnerabilities. She managed a large caseload, acting for claimants in the Employment Tribunal bringing claims for discrimination.  

Ruby possesses a wide range of legal research experience, having worked with the Geoffrey Nice Foundation, the Legal Resources Centre (Cape Town), the Mississippi Office of the State Public Defender, and the Women’s Legal Centre (Cape Town). In these roles, she has written reports and publications, delivered training, and drafted submissions, both in legal cases and in response to draft legislation. For example, she drafted arguments in support of a motion for post-conviction relief, which was submitted in the State of Mississippi Court of Appeals (Johnson v Statement of Mississippi, Case Number 24CI1:19-cv-00259C).

Ruby has worked and volunteered for a range of human rights organisations, including Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality, Suffolk Stop and Search Reference Group, Amicus, the Death Penalty Project, and Amnesty International. 

Awards

Internship Award (Inner Temple)

Peter Duffy Memorial Award (Human Rights Lawyers’ Association, for the best internship application)

Alan Levy Award and Duke of Edinburgh Award (Inner Temple, for the Bar course)

BPTC Academic Excellence Award (BPP University, for the Bar course)

Exhibition Award (Inner Temple, for the GDL)

Cohen Prize for Outstanding Excellence (BPP University, for the GDL)

School of English Prize for the Best Dissertation (University of Nottingham)

INQUEST Lawyers Group

JUSTICE

LIBERTY

Administrative Law Bar Association

Howard League for Penal Reform

Bar Human Rights Committee

Bar course (BPP University, 2020) – Outstanding / Distinction

GDL (BPP University, 2017) – Distinction (top of year)

BA (Hons.), University of Nottingham (English Literature and Language) – First