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Failure to Prevent offences: a UK, Guernsey and Jersey comparison

Rachel Cropper-Mawer
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Fay is an advocate and counsel in Ogier's Dispute Resolution team in Guernsey, specialising in commercial litigation, fraud and asset-tracing, regulatory advice and contentious and non-contentious employment law.
She has significant court experience, including appearing recently in the Guernsey Court of Appeal (CRGF GP Limited v Rusnano Capital SA) and acting in injunctions and SAR / breach of mandate matters including Jakob International v HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA. Historically she acted in some of the largest criminal trials to take place in Guernsey (Law Officers of the Crown v Dawson-Ball & McPane and Law Officers of the Crown v Prestidge and McDermott).
Prior to qualifying as a lawyer, Fay was a consultant researcher, writer and rapporteur for international organisations including the UN and World Bank.
She has a first-class degree from the University of Cambridge and was an honorary scholar of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. She has Masters' degrees from Cambridge and the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, as well as a Diploma from the University of Caen in France.
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28 March 2025 | 1 min read
Failure to Prevent offences: a UK, Guernsey and Jersey comparison
Rachel Cropper-Mawer
Team: Bryan De Verneuil-Smith, Fay Warrilow, Tom Hall
London, Guernsey, Jersey
Insight
28 March 2025 | 6 min read
Failure to Prevent offences: the Guernsey approach
Bryan De Verneuil-Smith
Team: Fay Warrilow, Rachel Cropper-Mawer
Guernsey
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Helen Ruelle
Team: Rachel DeSanges, Will Austin-Vautier, Fay Warrilow, Victoria Randall, Kate Morel
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Ogier in Guernsey achieves top tier rankings in Legal 500 UK 2023 guide
Christopher Jones
Team: Paul Chanter, Bryon Rees, Michaela Jesson, Michelle Watson Bunn, Diana Collas, Gabrielle Payne, and 13 more
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Victoria Randall
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Jersey, Guernsey
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Helen Ruelle
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Jersey, Guernsey
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Ogier's Guernsey Dispute Resolution team now one of the largest in the Island
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Team: Simon Davies, Bryan De Verneuil-Smith, Alex Horsbrugh-Porter, Sandie Lyne, Rachel DeSanges, Fay Warrilow, and 5 more
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