Ruth Jewell

Ruth advises businesses, business owners, property stakeholders and individuals across a broad range of contentious matters, with particular expertise in commercial and property disputes.

Her work spans contractual and corporate disputes, partnership disputes, shareholder and director disputes, debt recovery, construction disputes, professional negligence claims, contentious probate issues, real estate litigation, often involving significant financial, commercial or reputational considerations.

She regularly supports clients through complex situations where legal, commercial and strategic considerations intersect, working with companies, directors, shareholders, investors, lenders, insolvency practitioners, agricultural landowners and private individuals to navigate disputes pragmatically while remaining focused on their wider commercial and personal objectives.

Examples of Ruth’s work include:

• Negotiating a favourable settlement in a commercial lease dispute.
• Successfully pursuing a trespass claim on behalf of an agricultural client.
• Negotiating a resolution between co-freeholders and leaseholders concerning unauthorised alterations and proposed works, avoiding the need for protracted litigation.
• Assisting in resolving a construction dispute, enabling a residential development project to proceed with minimal further delays.
• Acting for a client defending a breach of warranty claim arising out of a share purchase agreement, ultimately achieving a commercial settlement between the parties.
• Successfully resisting negligence and warranty allegations made in connection with a development contract, protecting the client’s position following the liquidation of the contractor company.