Ruth Kennedy

1. C v D

   (2025)

   acted for the Defendant in anti-anti suit proceedings before the Commercial Court

2. Pan NOx litigation – Walsh v Stellantis Europe and Suzuki Motor Corporation

   (2021 – 2025)

   acted for a leading car manufacturer in group litigation arising out of “Dieselgate”

3. Former CEO/Team Principal v Leading F1 Team*

   (2023 – 2024)

   acted for a leading F1 team defending claims brought by former CEO and team principal in the High Court for constructive dismissal and shares

4. Guy Carpenter v Howden

   (2023)

   acted for Guy Carpenter in High Court team move litigation against Howden and certain of its former employees

5. M v N

   (2021)

   acted for the Claimant in an arbitration under the UNCITRAL rules concerning an EU law and contractual claim for over £3million

6. X v Y

   (2021 – 2023)

   acting for the Respondent insurers in an ad hoc arbitration defending a claim in excess of £100million for alleged business interruption losses caused by COVID-19

7. A v B

   (2021 – 2022)

   acted as sole counsel for the Respondent in an ICC arbitration advanced on the basis of the Commercial Agency Regulations

8. P v Q

   [2020] EWHC 1688 (Comm)

   Acted in 68 proceedings (challenge for procedural irregularity) in relation to an LCIA Arbitration concerning sale and supply of organic produce from Eastern Europe

9. Re X Insurance

   (2018 – 2019)

   advising on the consequences of the insolvency of a foreign motor insurer in a claim worth circa £50 million

10. Aquinas v Miller and others

    [2018] EWHC 404 (QB)

    acted as sole counsel for the First and Second Defendants resisting an application for a springboard injunction in the High Court

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1. C v D

   (2025)

   acted for the Defendant in anti-anti suit proceedings before the Commercial Court

2. Former CEO/Team Principal v Leading F1 Team

   (2023)

   Acting for a Formula 1 team resisting High Court claims in relation to constructive dismissal and shares brought by former CEO

3. Guy Carpenter v Howden

   (2023)

   acted for Guy Carpenter in High Court team move litigation against Howden and certain of its former employees

4. Hughes v Virgin Active

   [2023] EAT 130

   acted for the successful appellant overturning findings of race discrimination

5. Wathan v Welsh Rugby Union

   (2022 – 2023)

   acted for the Welsh Rugby Union defending allegations of sex discrimination from its former head of Women’s Rugby

6. X v Reverend Martyn Percy and Christ Church College

   (2021 – 2022)

   acted for the Claimant bringing allegations of sexual harassment against the former Dean of Christ Church College, Oxford University

7. Aquinas v Miller and others

   [2018] EWHC 404 (QB)

   sole counsel for the first and second defendants resisting an application for a springboard injunction

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1. R (Wikipedia) v Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

   [2025] EWHC 2086

   acted for the successful SoS in a challenge brought to categorization regulations made under the Online Safety Act alleging they were irrational or infringed ECHR rights

2. Central European University New York v Hungary

   (2023 – present)

   acting for the applicant university in its ECHR claim against the Hungarian Government on account of it having to cease its operations in Budapest

3. R (Friends of the Earth) v UK Expert Finance

   (2022)

   acted for the Center for International Environment Law in its application to intervene in the Court of Appeal, making written submissions on the proper interpretation of the Paris Agreement

4. R (All the Citizens) v Minister for the Cabinet Office and others and R (Good Law Project) v The Prime Minister and others

   [2022] EWCA Civ 1580

   acted for the Defendant government departments in these joined judicial reviews of the use of private communications systems, including WhatsApp, for government business

5. Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

   (2021 – present)

   counsel to the Inquiry

6. BA v Derby City Council

   ([2021] EWCA Civ 1867)

   acted for the intervening Secretary of State for Education in this case concerning Deprivation of Liberty orders made in respect of children

7. R (Salvato) v DWP

   ([2021] EWCA Civ 1482)

   appeared in the Court of Appeal for the Department of Work and Pensions on question of whether payment of the childcare element of universal credit is discriminatory under the ECHR and/or irrational

8. Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

   counsel to the Inquiry for the Lambeth strand

9. Lungowe v Vedanta

   [2019] UKSC 20

   acted as part of the counsel team for the Claimants in this Supreme Court case relating to alleged human rights and environmental abuses in a mine in

10. Kimathi and others v Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    In which the Foreign and Commonwealth Office successfully defended an application for permission to appeal a final judgment in the first of 25 test cases arising from the acts of the British colonial administration in Kenya during a State of Emergency declared in 1952 to deal with the Mau Mau uprising.

11. Darnley v Croydon NHS Health Trust

    [2018] UKSC 50

    acted for the defendant NHS trust in the Supreme Court on the scope of the duty of care owed by receptionists in A&E

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1. C v D

   (2025)

   acted for the Defendant in anti-anti suit proceedings before the Commercial Court

2. Walsh v Stellantis Europe and Suzuki Motor Corporation

   (2023)

   acted for the Defendant challenging the claimants’ ability to serve a deceit claim out of the jurisdiction

3. Guy Carpenter v Howden

   (2023)

   acted for the Claimant in a complex conspiracy claim involving issues of applicable law

4. Clarke v Generali

   (2020)

   acted as sole counsel for the Defendant insurer in a High Court dispute arising out of a serious motorcycling accident in France

5. Lungowe v Vedanta Resources plc

   [2019] UKSC 20

   acted as part of the counsel team for the Claimants in this important Supreme Court case concerning issues of jurisdiction arising out of a mine in Zambia.

6. Re X Insurance

   (2018 – 2021)

   advising on the consequences of the insolvency of a foreign motor insurer in a claim worth circa £50 million

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1. Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar: 11 States intervening)

   (2025 – present)

   acting for The Gambia in this case before the International Court of Justice alleging that Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya people

2. Central European University New York v Hungary

   (2023 – present)

   acting for the applicant university in its ECHR claim against the Hungarian Government on account of it having to cease its operations in Budapest

3. R (Friends of the Earth) v UK Expert Finance

   (2022)

   acted for the Center for International Environment Law in its application to intervene in the Court of Appeal, making written submissions on the proper interpretation of the Paris Agreement

4. Mauritius v United Kingdom

   ITLOS arbitration concerning the application of the Law of the Sea to the Marine Protected Area surrounding the Chagos

5. Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Serbia)

   acted for Croatia in the leading International Court of Justice case on genocide under the Genocide Convention. 1948 before the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

6. Kenya Emergency Group Litigation

   acted for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in a case involving over 40,000 claimants alleging abuse arising out of the Mau Mau uprising

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1. The English Football League v Sheffield Wednesday and Dejphon Chansiri

   (2025)

   acted for the English Football League in proceedings against the Club and its owner for failure to pay other clubs and players on time

2. The English Football League v Sheffield United

   (2023 – 2024)

   acted for the English Football League in proceedings against the club alleging breach of the league’s financial regulations, resulting in a two point deduction with two further points suspended

3. Imali v World Athletics

   (2023 –2024)

   acting for World Athletics in a challenge to its regulations relating to who can compete in women’s competitions before the CAS

4. Premier League v A Club

   (2023 – present)

   acting for a Club in ongoing disciplinary proceedings

5. Former CEO/Team Principal v Leading F1 Team

   (2023 – 2024)

   acted for a leading F1 team defending claims brought former CEO and team principal in the High Court for constructive dismissal and shares

6. The English Football League v Cardiff City FC

   (2023)

   acted for the English Football League defending arbitral proceedings brought by Cardiff City Football Club against a 3 window fee restriction after its failure to pay an instalment of the transfer fee of Emiliano Sala on time

7. Wathan v Welsh Rugby Union

   (2022 – 2023)

   acted for the Welsh Rugby Union defending claims of sex discrimination brought by the former Head of Women’s Rugby

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