Stephen Ruttle KC – Brick Court Chambers  Brick Court Chambers‘ Stephen Ruttle KC is ’one of the handful of absolutely pre-eminent mediators, about whose appointment parties can generally agree, suggesting his appointment is never contentious since he is such a hugely gifted mediator’. A full-time commercial mediator since 2002, Ruttle has mediated approximately 2000 cases to date, with most of his matters involving sizeable sums in dispute. In addition to being a longstanding chair of Trustees of Wandsworth Mediation Service, a local community mediation charity, Ruttle is increasingly active as a mediator of community and faith-based disputes. Recent mediations include a wrongful death claim in relation to the murder of a social worker by the inmate of a psychiatric rehabilitation accommodation unit.