Ruth Charteris
- Year of Call
- 2000
- Devil Masters
- Laurence Murphy QC
- IM Duguid QC
- JG Thomson
Contact
ruthcharteris@amadvocates.co.uk 07739 638966 Check Faculty diaryPractice Profile
Ruth came to the Bar on completion of her post as Legal Assistant to the Lord President. She quickly established and has maintained an extensive and varied civil practice in which she has conducted cases at all stages of the legal process. Ruth is regularly instructed in lengthy and complex cases, requiring a disciplined and committed approach to case preparation and presentation. She appears in cases involving a wide range of complicated legal and factual issues and demonstrates an aptitude for quickly mastering, and ably presenting, the issues. Her areas of practice include judicial review, proceeds of crime, professional negligence, insurance litigation, personal injury and property disputes. Ruth is Second Standing Junior to the Scottish Government and an ad hoc Advocate Depute.
Education & Professional Career to Date
Legal Assistant to the Lord President
LLB; Diploma in Legal Practice
Appointments
- Second Standing Junior to the Scottish Government (2016–present)
- Standing Junior to the Scottish Government (2012–2016)
- Ad hoc Advocate Depute (2010–present)
Selected Cases
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Declan Hainey FAI
Long running Fatal Accident Inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Declan Hainey, September 2014, Sheriff Anderson
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Rosemary Cairns v. Northern Lighthouse Board and Calypso Marine Limited [2013] CSOH 22
Proof on liability involving questions of negligence in the operation of a boat and indemnity issues
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Sarah Marshall v Fife Health Board, 25 January 2012
Civil jury trial in dental negligence case
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Pamela Swarbrick v Ministry of Defence, 19 January 2011
Civil jury trial in which the mother of an RAF serviceman killed in Afghanistan sought damages from the MOD
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Christina Fraser FAI
Fatal Accident Inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Christina Fraser, June 2010, Sheriff Sutherland
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Nicola Reid v David Ogilvie and Alexander Forrest, 15 January 2010
Civil jury trial involving questions of liability and quantum in a serious road traffic accident involving a pregnant driver
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Reverend Donald Smith and another v Reverend John Morrison and others [2009] CSOH 113; [2011] CSIH 52
Procedure roll and reclaiming motion in a property case arising out of a secession from the church
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Elizabeth Gordon v Mark Martin Lynch [2009] CSOH 116
Proof in a catastrophic brain injury case
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John Telfer v Gordon MacPherson, 6 February 2008
Civil jury trial in which a cyclist sought damages from another cyclist who was part of the same touring group
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Enid Smith v Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust [2007] CSOH 08
Proof in a complex neurosurgical medical negligence proof
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Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) v Free Church of Scotland [2005] CSOH 46
4 week procedure roll involving an examination of adherence to the fundamental principles of the church
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Gillies Ramsay Diamond v PJW Enterprises Ltd [2004] SC 430
Reclaiming motion in adjudication case
Areas of Practice
Publications & Seminars
'Intervention – in the Public Interest?', Scots Law Times (News), 87, 2000
'Sun Sets on Dawn Raids', Scots Law Times (News), 271, 2000
Articles in the Scottish Parliament Law Review
Regular seminars on areas of current legal development
Directories
Recommended in Chambers & Partners UK Bar Guide 2017
Recommended in the Legal 500 in 2016