Ruth Kennedy

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.

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.

ALBA, BASL, COMBAR, ELA, ILS and LawInSport.

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.