Ruth Kennedy is a barrister at 11KBW. Ruth specialises in all areas of commercial, employment, human rights, international, public and sports law.

She is recognised in the legal directories as a leading junior across her areas of practice: in Chambers & Partners for civil liberties and human rights; commercial dispute resolution; employment and sport and in Legal 500 for administrative law and human rights; employment; and public inquiries. She has been described as “absolutely fantastic”, “a superb advocate”, “a real rising star”, “a brilliant barrister”, “brilliant in everything she does”, “exceptionally hard-working”, “a pleasure to work with”  and having “superstar quality.”

A member of both the Attorney General’s London B panel and specialist Public International C panel, Ruth has acted and appeared in various domestic courts and tribunals up to and including the Supreme Court, as well as international courts including the European Court of Human Rights and the International Court of Justice. She has experience of acting in arbitrations under the LCIA, ICC and UNCITRAL rules and under specialist sports arbitrations.