Tim Prudhoe KC

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Appointed King’s Counsel in January 2026.

“…a compelling advocate – regularly appearing before the Privy Council – whose cultural fluency and strategic approach set him apart in Caribbean litigation. He is a strategic player, and has a keen sense for optics.” (Legal 500, English Bar, Offshore, 2026) )

“Tim takes on a wide range of cases – large and small – and has no concern about taking cases that might be unpopular. He relishes controversial issues and does not shy away from politically sensitive cases. The type of lawyer to have in your corner when the chips are down.” (Legal 500, Cross-Caribbean Expertise, 2026)

“…unfazed by pressure and able to deliver top advice; he also has a strong commitment to justice and equality, which makes him a great pleasure to work with.” (Legal 500, Cross-Caribbean Expertise, 2026)

“A very pragmatic and business driven approach to dealing with cases….straight to the heart of the matter and solve the problem” (Legal 500, Turks and Caicos Islands, 2026)

“…a top-tier lawyer with an impressive litigation practice across the Caribbean, which includes significant activity on the Turks and Caicos Islands archipelago” (Dispute Resolution, Chambers Directory 2025 Turks and Caicos Islands)

“…operates a stellar disputes practice across the Caribbean…one of the region’s most prominent advocates” (Dispute Resolution, Chambers Directory 2025, Caribbean-wide)

Ranked as a leading lawyer, Caribbean-wide, Guyana, St Kitts and Nevis, Turks and Caicos Islands (Legal 500); Caribbean-wide, Turks and Caicos Islands (Chambers directory).

With a background in practice at the English Bar across a wide range of court work, Tim has been a court advocate and arbitration lawyer across the Caribbean for over twenty years; appearing in every level and type of court, including the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Both his offshore and onshore practice includes sanctions issues.

He heads up the firm’s cross-border disputes practice. He is a licensed Insolvency Practitioner (Turks and Caicos Islands), and a Fellow of INSOL.

After completing pupillage with a prestigious London Barristers’ chambers, he was originally in practice at the criminal Bar. Tim’s work focus is court, across wide areas of law. In addition to high value commercial litigation, he heads a team of experienced public and constitutional law litigators with a track record of significant success both at trial and on appeal in many groundbreaking cases across courts throughout the Region.

He has deep experience in the strategic aspects of preparing for, running, winning and sometimes simply avoiding “bet-the-company” disputes. As part of the firm’s leadership, he understands the need to deliver a commercial approach to busy co-counsel and end-user clients. He is widely known for his dispute work involving governments.

He also has experience of offshore digital assets issues. Including regulation and related enforcement.

Tim has given expert evidence many times in a wide range of onshore jurisdictions on issues including statutory interpretation, economic torts, limitation and calculation of damages. Also, corporate insolvency issues, trustee duties, choice of law and jurisdiction provisions, directors’ duties, confidentiality legislation and judgment enforcement. His expert evidence has been given in the context both of litigation and arbitration.

His “big ticket” contentious insolvency experience includes the Baha Mar resort in The Bahamas. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

His public law work has covered a wide range of judicial review and constitutional issues. Including recognition of same-sex marriage, legal aid, nationality and asylum issues.

His Death Row work has included the USA (Texas) and the Caribbean region.

Tim relishes “pointy-end” court work and related litigation. He is a member of the of the Human Rights and Rule of Law Committee, Commonwealth Lawyers Association.

• Unlawful means conspiracy, shareholder / members register rectification proceedings (Nevis)
• Receivership and trustee advice in the context of judicial dissolution of a Nevis entity as migrated from elsewhere and facing possible judgment enforcement issues from onshore proceedings (Nevis)
• Declaratory proceedings in respect of disputed acts of trustee and registration, assignment and enforcement in respect of security over land (Nevis)
• Post-conviction work in respect of death penalty sought following double (“execution-style”) murders. Death penalty abandoned, “Whole Life” sentence challenge ongoing on appeal (St Kitts).
• Public law proceedings over of legislation impacting the fossil fuel industry (Guyana)
• 40+ related proceedings with 39 parties in respect of land fraudulently conveyed. Issues of legal standing, corporate capacity, vicarious liability for the fraud of government officials and evidence on commission (Montserrat)
• Russian sanctions, advising in respect of applicability and effect of same in the context of a finance structuring involving a share pledge in favour of a sanctioned lender (British Virgin Islands and several onshore jurisdictions involved)
• Defending proceedings in the against an investment fund for misrepresentation and unfair prejudice of shareholders (British Virgin Islands)
• Declaratory proceedings on breach(es) of the Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution as to protected rights (Section 7, equality before the law; Section 9, private and family life; Section 16(3) protection against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation) in respect of immigration exemption refusal for same-sex spouse of TC Islander
• Judicial reviews on behalf of 13 rejected Islander Status applicants (Turks and Caicos Islands)
• Judicial review of banking regulator and related civil claims resulting from regulatory steps taken against a bank (Nevis)
• Judicial review of regulator’s grant and intended renewal of extraction licence – petroleum (Guyana)
• Habeas corpus proceedings arising from unlawful detention during the COVID-19 pandemic (Turks and Caicos Islands)
• False imprisonment claims for 13 unlawfully detained illegal entrants (Turks and Caicos Islands)
• Expert witness (including deposition and court evidence) in various onshore proceedings, including arbitration.
• Committee of Inspection (aka Creditors’ Committee) SSL liquidation, Jamaica

• Anguilla
• Belize
• Bermuda
• British Virgin Islands
• Dubai, DIFC
• England & Wales
• Gibraltar
• Grenada
• Guyana
• Jamaica
• Montserrat
• St. Kitts & Nevis
• St. Vincent & the Grenadines
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Turks & Caicos Islands

Manchester University, LLB

London University, Queen Marys, LLM

Eugene Dupuch Law School, The Bahamas, Legal Education Certificate (from the Council of Legal Education)

INSOL, Global Insolvency Practice Course (Fellow)

Examples of reported cases (public and constitutional law / appeals):

• Kajeepan and others v Been, Director of Immigration and another [2021] 3 LRC 270, (2020) 97 WIR 521
• Alhashash v Been, Director of Immigration and another [2022] 5 LRC 113, (2022) 100 WIR 640
• In the matter of an application of James Gale [2023] 5 LRC 559
• Haymon and another v Been (in his capacity as the Director of Immigration and another [2024] 3 LRC 331 (same-sex marriage, first instance)
• Darren Singh v LMCS Ltd [2024] UKPC 5
• Sankar v Wilson another [2025] 1 LRC 361

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Fellow

Rules and Practice Committee, Guyana Bar Association

Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (fiduciary structures: trusts and foundations)

Commonwealth Lawyers Association

INSOL, Fellow

COMBAR

Chancery Bar Association

Company Law Advisory Committee, Turks & Caicos Islands

OECS Bar Association

Human Rights and Rule of Law Committee, Commonwealth Lawyers Association

Recent writing and speaking engagements:

World Bank, Caribbean Roundtable event on insolvency, Peer-t0-Peer Reports (Turks and Caicos Islands), Baha Mar, The Bahamas, 9 December 2024

Co-presenter, STEP BVI, “Case Update in the Era of Sanctions Sledgehammer”, 28 September 2023

October 2024 – Counsel magazine (pages 41-43) “Change. Delivered. Strategically” Change. Delivered. Strategically. | COUNSEL | The Magazine of the Bar of England and Wales