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Actuaries & Benefit Consultants

Claims against actuaries and employee benefit consultants can give rise to complex issues, where problems have lain undiscovered for years.

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Claims against actuaries and employee benefit consultants can give rise to complex issues, where problems have lain undiscovered for years.

Our professional lines team work closely with pensions teams work to provide joined up [coverage and claims] advice and we are able to combine technical excellence with deep-rooted knowledge of the pensions industry.

Our experience of pensions related professional negligence claims includes issues such as:

  • Barber equalisation
  • Converting defined benefit schemes to defined contribution
  • Data protection breaches
  • Incomplete schedule of contributions
  • Pension Protection Fund risk based levy
  • Application of preservation legislation
  • Rectification of trust deeds and rules

Our Actuaries & Benefit Consultants Work

  • All
  • UK & Europe

  • Dissolving a partnership and damages for negligence

    Advised on a High Court partnership dispute as to whether a partnership had been dissolved and damages for negligence. This claim was brought by our client, a solicitors firm, against one of its partners. It also brought separate defamation proceedings. The departing partner brought an Employment Tribunal claim in response.

    United Kingdom

    Employee-partnership disputes arising from merger

    Advising our client on a number of complex employee/partner related matters arising out of the merger of two accountancy firms, and subsequent restructuring, which included a TUPE transfer of the business.

    United Kingdom

    Mergers, team moves and partnership disputes

    Advising a client on a number of complex employee/partner related matters arising out of the merger of two accountancy firms, and subsequent restructuring, which included a TUPE transfer of the business.

    The merger triggered exits from 6 teams of partners and their staff at multiple locations across the UK. We provided urgent advice to the newly merged entity in relation to the protection of its business interests.

    United Kingdom

    Partnership and employment issues in sale of business

    Advising a major law firm in relation to complex partnership and employment issues in relation to the sale of part of its business to another firm; involving an assessment of different categories of partner, and advice on transitioning of partners (to retain value in the business, and protection of its assets).

    United Kingdom

  • Dissolving a partnership and damages for negligence

    Advised on a High Court partnership dispute as to whether a partnership had been dissolved and damages for negligence. This claim was brought by our client, a solicitors firm, against one of its partners. It also brought separate defamation proceedings. The departing partner brought an Employment Tribunal claim in response.

    United Kingdom

    Employee-partnership disputes arising from merger

    Advising our client on a number of complex employee/partner related matters arising out of the merger of two accountancy firms, and subsequent restructuring, which included a TUPE transfer of the business.

    United Kingdom

    Mergers, team moves and partnership disputes

    Advising a client on a number of complex employee/partner related matters arising out of the merger of two accountancy firms, and subsequent restructuring, which included a TUPE transfer of the business.

    The merger triggered exits from 6 teams of partners and their staff at multiple locations across the UK. We provided urgent advice to the newly merged entity in relation to the protection of its business interests.

    United Kingdom

    Partnership and employment issues in sale of business

    Advising a major law firm in relation to complex partnership and employment issues in relation to the sale of part of its business to another firm; involving an assessment of different categories of partner, and advice on transitioning of partners (to retain value in the business, and protection of its assets).

    United Kingdom

Our Actuaries & Benefit Consultants team

James Roberts
James Roberts

Partner

Tim Crockford
Tim Crockford

Partner

James Preece
James Preece

Partner

Jim Taylor
Jim Taylor

Partner

Andrew Forsyth
Andrew Forsyth

Of Counsel

David Méheut
David Méheut

Partner

Dr. Henning Schaloske
Dr. Henning Schaloske

Partner

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