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Prue has a Commercial practice, specializing in commercial Law and Company law and related due diligence, regulatory and banking, financial services disputes, comprising High Court litigation and advice.
She has extensive experience in the County and High Court’s holding conduct of cases involving Sales of Goods Act, misrepresentation, product liability and Intellectual property rights.
Prue’s regulatory experience ranges from FSA regulations and British Pharmaceutical Society – EMEA regulations and Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office, to litigating multi-million pound frauds and money laundering cases.
She advises public bodies, investment bankers, trustees, representative beneficiaries, trades unions and insurance companies in all aspects of compliance and regulation law including International jurisdiction asset tracing issues, recovery of misappropriated assets, challenges to the exercise of discretion by trustees.
Her work covers transaction advice, legislation and public policy, ‘non-contentious’ Company law litigation and contentious fiduciary duty and shareholders issue rights, promotions, joint venture agreements and advertising FSA handbook interpretation and installation of compliance structure.
She is experienced in prosecuting high profile money laundering and VAT fraud cases at the Revenue and Customs and HMRC. She also has conducted defence for cases against these government authorities.
Prior to the Bar Prue studied Pharmaceutical law at London School of Pharmacy University London this has lead to her expertise in pharmaceutical law and consults in house and on litigation of manufacturing, intellectual property and products. This area of practice also gives her expertise in transportation and shipping law.
Prue has extensive in house experience in financial services working on consultancy basis with USB, BONY, Gerrard’s and The Barclay’s Group on compliance, due diligence and back office.
• Professional reputation
Prue gained her extensive experience on the Midland and London circuits where she gained a strong following and recommendation as junior counsel for giving her full attention to detail to her cases and delivering with no stone unturned. She has great command and ability to identify and assimilate key issues very quickly with a macro vision paying particular attention to her client’s needs and aspirations. She has a 98% litigation success rate. Her reputation has been built from accepting briefs directly from consultancy, in house solicitors and law firms.
Pru is happy to accept instuctions on Direct Public access rights.
• Notable recent cases
Prue’s recent cases include:
• RCPO v Raja – RCJ High Court Contempt of disclosure restraint order International involving Pakistan Banking law.
• RCPO v Ramzan and Lloyds Bank in the RCJ –Contempt of court – interference with retrained funds – largest money laundering case with haul of £97 million. Also appeared on confiscation in the Leeds Crown Court.
• Operation Hasp – Winchester Crown Court – Complex VAT fraud case with international banking law.
• Rayden v Edwardo, Tchenguiz – SPA, warranties and set off issues – due diligence. High Court
• Imerman v Imerman – ancillary relief High profile international divorce involving disclosure self help and family trust.
• Operation Ventura – Southwick Crown Court – High Profile International VAT fraud involving asset tracing in Spain and Asia.
Professional membership
• The Bar Council of England and Wales
• The Honourable Society of Middle Temple
• Member of Securities and Investment Institute
• The University Club
• The Oxford and Cambridge Club
Seminars and lectures
Prue lectures and consults on all aspects of her Compliance and regulatory area’s of practice
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
• Arbitration and mediation
• Bankruptcy and insolvency
• Civil fraud, money laundering and asset recovery
• Compliance and due diligence
• Conflict of laws - jurisdiction
• Company Law incl. Start up’s
• E Commerce
• Financial Services - FSA
• Pharmaceutical law
• International securities and exchanges, cross border transactions.
• Intellectual property, copy right, trademark
• EU law, Russian and French Law
• Sales of Goods Act
• Transport and shipping law
• Venture Capital