Ruth Harris

Solicitor - Real Estate

Practice Areas

Property-related Electronic Communications

Profile

Ruth joined BrookStreet des Roches in 2006 having already worked with the firm for many years in the role of in-house lawyer at Cable & Wireless UK. Ruth began her career as a commercial property lawyer, specialising mainly in business leases and general commercial property, before moving in-house.

For the past 16 years Ruth has developed her specialisation in property telecoms/electronic communications. As an in-house lawyer for much of that time, Ruth is well placed to understand her client's business needs and her style very much centres on providing practical and commercial solutions around and within the legal constraints. A tenacious approach assists in meeting the client's needs, as does being seen as part of the client team.

She is considered a leading authority on the Electronic Communications Code.

Professional Experience

Notable Projects

• Acquisition of major cable landing stations with attendant planning, cabling, diverting of utilities issues, international cable landings, foreshore licences and repeater sites along the route
• Management of large portfolios of network premises, including cable rings, dark fibre and duct acquisitions, disposals and IRU’s, telehousing, colocation, common equipment areas and web-hosting, mast and rooftop installations and all associated wayleaves and customer facing consent requirements across private land, linear obstacles, tidal and street environments
• Major cable ring and associated property renewal around the UK including protection of network in the face of major transport or development projects