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</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Peter Carter-Ruck</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Peter Frederick Carter-Ruck</div><br><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1914-02-26</span>)</span>26 February 1914<br><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="Steyning" title="Steyning">Steyning</a>, Sussex, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">19 December 2003<span style="display:none">(2003-12-19)</span> (aged 89)<br><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="Great_Hallingbury" title="Great Hallingbury">Great Hallingbury</a>, <a href="Uttlesford" title="Uttlesford">Uttlesford</a>, Essex, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">British</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="St_Edward's_School%2C_Oxford" title="St Edward's School, Oxford">St Edward's School, Oxford</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="Solicitor#England_and_Wales" title="Solicitor">Solicitor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employer</th><td class="infobox-data org"><a href="Carter-Ruck" title="Carter-Ruck">Carter-Ruck</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Specialising in <a href="Libel" class="mw-redirect" title="Libel">libel</a> cases</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1298804929">
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<div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1940; died 2003)<wbr></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Peter Frederick Carter-Ruck</b> (26 February 1914 – 19 December 2003) was an English <a href="Solicitor_in_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Solicitor in England and Wales">solicitor</a>, specialising in <a href="Libel" class="mw-redirect" title="Libel">libel</a> cases. The firm he founded, <a href="Carter-Ruck" title="Carter-Ruck">Carter-Ruck</a>, is still practising.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h3></div>
<p>Carter-Ruck was educated at <a href="St_Edward's_School%2C_Oxford" title="St Edward's School, Oxford">St Edward's School, Oxford</a>. He spent three months in Germany during the 1930s, observing the rising popularity of <a href="Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> and attending a rally in <a href="Freiburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Freiburg">Freiburg</a>. Upon his return, he trained and qualified as a solicitor.<sup id="cite_ref-IndieObit_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndieObit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>His daughter Julie Scott-Bayfield also became a libel lawyer.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career">Career</h3></div>
<p>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).<sup id="cite_ref-IndieObit_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndieObit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Carter-Ruck's first major case was defending the <i><a href="Bolton_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolton News">Bolton Evening News</a></i> successfully against a libel action brought by the <a href="Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <a href="Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">MP</a> <a href="Bessie_Braddock" title="Bessie Braddock">Bessie Braddock</a>, who, the paper had claimed, had danced a jig in Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-IndieObit_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndieObit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In December 1995, Carter-Ruck acted for the <a href="British_Royal_Family" class="mw-redirect" title="British Royal Family">royal</a> <a href="Nanny" title="Nanny">nanny</a> <a href="Tiggy_Legge-Bourke" title="Tiggy Legge-Bourke">Tiggy Legge-Bourke</a> in the matter of an allegation by <a href="Diana%2C_Princess_of_Wales" title="Diana, Princess of Wales">Diana, Princess of Wales</a>, that Legge-Bourke had aborted a pregnancy in which <a href="Prince_Charles" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Charles">Prince Charles</a> was the father.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Criticism">Criticism</h3></div>
<p>In 1980, the <i><a href="Daily_Express" title="Daily Express">Daily Express</a></i> editor <a href="Derek_Jameson" title="Derek Jameson">Derek Jameson</a> was advised by Carter-Ruck that if he sued the <a href="BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> over their portrayal of him in a <i><a href="Week_Ending" title="Week Ending">Week Ending</a></i> sketch, he would win at least £25,000 in damages. The <a href="Barrister" title="Barrister">barrister</a> in the case, <a href="David_Eady" title="David Eady">David Eady</a> <a href="Queen's_Counsel" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen's Counsel">QC</a>, however advised Carter-Ruck to accept the BBC's <a href="Settlement_(litigation)" title="Settlement (litigation)">offer to settle</a> for £10 plus <a href="Costs_(English_law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Costs (English law)">costs</a>. Carter-Ruck did not disclose this advice to his client. The <a href="Jury" title="Jury">jury</a> found the broadcast defamatory, but also fair comment and Jameson had to pay costs,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> receiving a bill for £41,342.50 from Carter-Ruck. Jameson learned by chance of the QC's advice and Carter-Ruck's former partner David Hooper claimed that "Carter-Ruck told him a string of lies".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carter-Ruck later claimed that he did not want to undermine Jameson's morale in court.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_2">Personal life</h2></div>
<ul><li>A yachtsman, he owned a succession of boats which he christened "Fair Judgment". He was a member of the Law Society Yacht Club, the <a href="Royal_Ocean_Racing_Club" title="Royal Ocean Racing Club">Royal Ocean Racing Club</a>, the <a href="Royal_Yacht_Squadron" title="Royal Yacht Squadron">Royal Yacht Squadron</a>, and the <a href="Garrick_Club" title="Garrick Club">Garrick</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IndieObit_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndieObit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<ul><li>Carter-Ruck was the founder-governor of <a href="Shiplake_College" title="Shiplake College">Shiplake College</a> at Henley.<sup id="cite_ref-IndieObit_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndieObit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/comment/story/0,3604,1112022,00.html">'The Carter-Ruck chill'</a>, <i><a href="The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> comment, December 2003</li>
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