The King’s High School for Girls, Warwick (Scholar)

The Queen’s College, Oxford (BA (Hons) Modern Languages)

BPP Law School Postgraduate Diploma in Law (Commendation)

Lincoln’s Inn Cholmeley Scholarship,

Lincoln’s Inn Sir Thomas More Scholarship

Lincoln’s Inn Hardwicke Scholarship

The Queen’s College, Oxford Laming Exhibition

Languages:

French, German, Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu

General Common Law, Criminal Law and Family Law 

Puneet Rai joined Thomas More as a junior tenant in October 2005 after successful completion of pupillage. She has a general common law practice in line with Chambers’ profile comprising of considerable advocacy and advisory experience. She has extensive trial experience and appears regularly in the Crown Court, County Court and the High Court.

Crime

Puneet has a wide range of experience in defending criminal cases in the Crown Court. She undertakes trials for varied offences, including fraud, drugs, sex and matters involving serious violence. She also acts as Junior Counsel in cases of serious and complex crime: recent cases include defending in a VHCC multi-handed multi-million pound diversion fraud and in a multi-handed conspiracy to import class A drugs. She also has experience of Courts Martial and regularly undertakes Regulatory work, with particular experience in licensing matters.

Family

Puneet appears regularly in the FPC, County Courts and High Court in cases relating to all areas of Family Law, with a particular specialism in Private Law Children Act matters, Ancillary Relief, Family Violence and Divorce/Nullity Petitions.

Family Law Bar Association

Criminal Bar Association

Human Rights Lawyers’ Association

British-German Jurists’ Association

Franco-British Lawyers’ Society

Amnesty International

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