Susanne Ruthven has joined Harbour Chambers in Wellington.

Susanne was admitted in May 2005. She worked as a solicitor for the Ministry of Fisheries (now the Ministry for Primary Industries) where she managed the ministry's litigation files in public law, employment law and Māori customary law.

She moved to Blackstone Chambers in 2008 to being practising as a barrister sole.

Susanne practises in human rights, international law, public and administrative law, constitutional law, environmental law, education law and privacy law.