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Peter Carter-Ruck
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| Born |
Peter Frederick Carter-Ruck
26 February 1914 Steyning, Sussex, England
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| Died | 19 December 2003 (aged 89) Great Hallingbury, Uttlesford, Essex, England
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| Nationality | British |
| Education | St Edward's School, Oxford |
| Occupation | Solicitor |
| Employer | Carter-Ruck |
| Known for | Specialising in libel cases |
| Spouse(s) |
Ann Maxwell
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| Children | 2 |
Peter Frederick Carter-Ruck (26 February 1914 – 19 December 2003) was an English solicitor, specialising in libel cases. The firm he founded, Carter-Ruck, is still practising.
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Biography
Personal life
Carter-Ruck was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford. He spent three months in Germany during the 1930s, observing the rising popularity of Adolf Hitler and attending a rally in Freiburg. Upon his return, he trained and qualified as a solicitor.
His daughter Julie Scott-Bayfield also became a libel lawyer.
Career
He was Senior Partner, Oswald Hickson, Collier & Co (1945-1981) until he founded and was Senior Partner of his own eponymous firm, Peter Carter-Ruck and Partners (1981-1998). He was Chairman, Law Society Law Reform Committee (1980-1983) and a Fellow of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies (1998-2003).
Carter-Ruck's first major case was defending the Bolton Evening News successfully against a libel action brought by the Labour MP Bessie Braddock, who, the paper had claimed, had danced a jig in Parliament.
In December 1995, Carter-Ruck acted for the royal nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke in the matter of an allegation by Diana, Princess of Wales, that Legge-Bourke had aborted a pregnancy in which Prince Charles was the father.
Personal life
- A yachtsman, he owned a succession of boats which he christened "Fair Judgment". He was a member of the Law Society Yacht Club, the Royal Ocean Racing Club, the Royal Yacht Squadron, and the Garrick.
- Carter-Ruck was the founder-governor of Shiplake College at Henley.
