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English solicitor (1914–2003)

Peter Frederick Carter Ruck (26 February 1914 – 19 December 2003) was an English solicitor, specialising in libel cases. The firm he founded, Carter Ruck, is still practising.

Carter Ruck was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford. He spent three months in Germany during the 1930s, observing the rising popularity of Adolf Hitler and attending a rally in Freiburg. Upon his return, he trained and qualified as a solicitor. His daughter Julie Scott Bayfield also became a libel lawyer.

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).

In 1980, the Daily Express editor Derek Jameson was advised by Carter Ruck that if he sued the BBC over their portrayal of him in a Week Ending sketch, he would win at least £25,000 in damages. The barrister in the case, David Eady QC, however advised Carter Ruck to accept the BBC's offer to settle for £10 plus costs. Carter Ruck did not disclose this advice to his client. The jury found the broadcast defamatory, but also fair comment and Jameson had to pay costs, 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". Carter Ruck later claimed that he did not want to undermine Jameson's morale in court.

A yachtsman, he owned a succession of boats which he christened "Fair Judgment". He was a member of the Law Society Yacht Club, the Royal Ocean Racing Club, the Royal Yacht Squadron, and the Garrick. Carter Ruck was the founder governor of Shiplake College at Henley.