Claire is a partner in the firm. She is a leading specialist in defamation, privacy, data protection and protection from harassment. She also undertakes complex commercial litigation, including claims for professional negligence and financial mis-selling.
Reputation, Media and Privacy
Claire is recognised as a leader in this field. Her clients include politicians, celebrities, business people, global corporations, professionals and academics.
She has very wide experience in media litigation and reputation management. She works with her clients whose rights have been infringed to secure vindication, through the removal of online content, the publication of retractions and apologies and the payment of damages.
Claire gives urgent trouble-shooting advice before publication or broadcast. Often working alongside PR advisers, she helps companies and high-profile individuals to deal with unwanted media scrutiny, with a view to preventing publication of material that would infringe their rights to reputation and privacy.
Claire is an expert in the rights of individuals under Data Protection legislation including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and works for her clients to secure the removal or amendment of unlawful material published online or elsewhere, including in due diligence reports.
Claire regularly gives talks on the subject of defamation and privacy and reputation management.
Commercial Disputes
Claire has acted for numerous individuals and businesses pursuing claims against banks for mis-selling derivative products.
Claire is a member of the advisory board to the school of business and law at the University of East London.
We are a law firm specialising in sensitive disputes, when reputations, assets and livelihoods are at risk.
The firm was founded in 1981 by Peter Carter-Ruck (1914-2003), who remains the best-known libel lawyer in English legal history.
Carter-Ruck continues to be a byword for defamation and media law, and over the last 20 years has also continued its growth as a major player in international law and arbitration, as well as large-scale commercial dispute resolution. The firm’s international client base, and its expertise in reputation management and resolving disputes with a geopolitical element, give it a unique, global reputation.
Discretion, clarity and speed of thought with a global perspective
Carter-Ruck is based in the City of London, at the heart of the UK’s legal community but with a global reach, reflecting the international nature of much of our client base and practice.
Much of our work is high profile, often on a global scale. We have unparalleled experience of dealing with the challenges of media scrutiny and reputation management faced by clients. We often work alongside our clients’ public relations and communications advisers, and have well-established relationships with publishers and media organisations around the world.
Discretion is fundamental to our service. We are sensitive to the need to monitor and help manage publicity in order to safeguard our clients’ interests.
The varied, often global nature of our practice also means we are acutely sensitive to the differing cultural political and commercial concerns of our clients.
