Financial Ombudsman Service Advice
Instructed by a client in relation to a FOS assessment concerning Fund investments and advising on the design and implementation of a potential redress
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Our dedicated team advises on litigation, regulatory, risk management and related matters for stockbrokers, wealth managers and IFAs.
Our team advises stockbrokers, fund managers, wealth managers and IFAs who increasingly have to deal with contentious matters, including FSA investigations, claims before the Financial Ombudsman Service and other litigation. Our clients include a diverse range of investment banks, trust companies, and corporate and private client financial services professionals.
We have extensive experience in litigation and FSA enforcement work, and we represent clients in challenging FSA rejection of approval for firms and individuals, and advise on regulatory investigations of all types.
Our professional practice team includes very experienced regulatory and dispute resolution lawyers.
Financial services professionals are under constant pressure to deliver increased value on the assets they manage. Recently, there has also been increasing public, legal and regulatory scrutiny and the industry has experienced greater uncertainty.
Instructed by a client in relation to a FOS assessment concerning Fund investments and advising on the design and implementation of a potential redress
Providing monitoring and coverage advice in a claim against an insured Fund Manager
Successfully defended a notable and valuable stress at work/protection from harassment claim on behalf of a large corporate entity resulting in nil damages and substantial recovery of defence costs.
Providing strategic advice to the ABI and its members following the MoJ consultation into mesothelioma claims.
Acting on behalf of Ladbrokes in the recent Court of Appeal case of Nicholls v Ladbrokes (2013) ECWA Civ 1963, a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder case involving allegations of negligence and breach of statutory duty following an armed robbery.
We successfully defended the Defendant in the case of Marian Holloway v Tyne Thames Technology Ltd, in which a UK court considered de minimis issues in a noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) case. This was a significant and positive decision for insurers continuing to face an unprecedented surge in deafness claims.
Acting on behalf of a Local Authority in the Mesothelioma Trigger Litigation in the Supreme Court leading to a successful judgment that policies of Employers liability insurance will respond for injuries sustained or contracted at the date of inhalation of asbestos. BAI (Run Off) Limited (In Scheme of Arrangement) v Durham [2012] UKSC 14.
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