Offshore and domestic litigation in trusts, tax, charities, company, insolvency, property. Expertise in offshore judicial review. Acts for UK Govt in tax and trusts litigation.Recommended for Offshore and Insolvency (L500, Chambers Global and Chambers 2009-2024):"She is very creative and industrious, as well as very knowledgeable. She works very hard to achieve clients' objectives." "Ruth is highly organised and provides extremely clear and practical advice. She has huge technical expertise.""She is a tenacious and effective advocate.""She's exceptionally bright.""She is meticulous in her review of papers." "She works incredibly hard and doesn't miss anything. She has a great ability to make connections in different jurisdictions." ‘Very personable, a forthright advocate and a very able lawyer.'‘Straight talking, practical and commercial.’‘Practical, commercial and collaborative, she works very well with instructing solicitors.’ "She is very intelligent, very hard-working, and has a great understanding of the landscape applied to English law.""She's technically excellent, very able, reliable and an excellent all-round advocate.""An accomplished advocate, who is able to deal with complex law with ease.""Ruth is a clear-headed and intellectual advocate.”"notable strength in matters containing financial services and fraud elements.""an astonishingly thorough and user-friendly advocate""terrifically good on tax-related insolvency matters" "wins full market approval...winning the trust of solicitors "she really thinks round the issues, and has the ability to know where things might be going in a case." "tipped for the top" "an intelligent operator who provides an objective judgement on knotty issues.""commercial and effective""extremely hard-working and very reliable.""bright and thorough" ‘"Her grasp of factual information is incredible.""A very safe pair of hands." Cases:Responsible Development for Abaco v Christie & ors [2023] UKPC 2CIA Insurance Services v HMRC [2022] UKFTT 144Waterkeeper Bahamas v Bahamas Petroleum Company [2021]Union Castle v HMRC [2020] EWCA Civ 547 & [2018] UKUT 316Stagecoach Plc v HMRC [2016] UKFTT 120Metaxides v Swart [2015] UKPC 32 Central Bank of Ecuador v Conticorp [2015] UKPC 11Bimini v The PM of The Bahamas [2014] UKPC 23 Pitt v Holt [2013] UKSC 26Ardagh v Pillar Property Group [2013] EWCA Civ 900Oceania v WCE Ltd [2013] UKPC 3Reid v HMRC [2012] UKUT 338 Re Mercury Tax Group [2010] EWCA Civ 1379Re Stakefield [2011] 2 B.C.L.CSGCRA v The Queen [2009] UKPC 44