Peter Richard Kyle Prescott KC (born 23 January 1943) is an

Anglo-Argentine English Argentines (also known as Anglo-Argentines) are citizens of Argentina or the children of Argentine citizens brought up in Argentina, who can claim ancestry originating in England. The English settlement in Argentina (the arrival of Eng ...

barrister and was a Deputy High Court Judge of England and Wales, and a specialist on the law of

copyright A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educatio ...

. He was educated at St George's College,

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Dulwich College Dulwich College is a 2–19 Independent school (United Kingdom), independent, Day school, day and boarding school for Single-sex education, boys in Dulwich, London, England. As a Public school (United Kingdom), public school, it began as the Col ...

and

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

, where he gained a

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, followed by an MSc from

Queen Mary College , mottoeng = With united powers , established = 1785 – The London Hospital Medical College1843 – St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College1882 – Westfield College1887 – East London College/Queen Mary College , type = Public researc ...

. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1970 and was made a

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in 2001. As a Deputy High Court Judge, he has heard a variety of

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cases, including '' CFPH LLC's Applications'' (2005), which sought to bring the United Kingdom practice concerning

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more into line with that of the

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. Prescott is regarded as one of the foremost authorities on copyright law in the United Kingdom. ''Laddie, Prescott and Vitoria - The Modern Law of copyright and Designs'', a leading copyright text in the United Kingdom, bears his name alongside Sir Hugh Laddie and Mary Vitoria QC.

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* ''Who's Who'', 2005
Debrett's entry
Living people 1943 births English barristers 21st-century English judges Alumni of University College London Alumni of Queen Mary University of London People educated at Dulwich College Members of Lincoln's Inn British Argentine {{England-law-bio-stub