28 March 2025 | 6 min read
Failure to Prevent offences: the Guernsey approach

Bryan De Verneuil-Smith
Team: Fay Warrilow, Rachel Cropper-Mawer, Ruairi Pollins
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Ruairi is an associate in the Dispute Resolution team, based in Guernsey. He advises on a range of contentious trust matters and has expertise in regulatory and white-collar crime, fraud and asset tracing and cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters.
Prior to joining Ogier, Ruairi practiced at another Guernsey firm where he developed a strong background in contentious trust disputes, restructuring and insolvency, proceeds of crime, director and shareholder disputes and general commercial litigation.
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28 March 2025 | 6 min read
Failure to Prevent offences: the Guernsey approach
Bryan De Verneuil-Smith
Team: Fay Warrilow, Rachel Cropper-Mawer, Ruairi Pollins
Guernsey
Insight
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, Ruairi Pollins
London, Guernsey, Jersey
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