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Highly experienced in handling sensitive and complex issues for lawyers

Our dedicated lawyers' liability team assists our clients in minimising their claims exposures, advising on limitation of liability clauses and delivering risk management strategies.  

Our team deals with large commercial claims arising from M&A or derivatives advice, as well as claims by private clients and claims arising from pensions, corporate finance, taxation, trusts, fraud, commercial property and transactional work.

Our professional practice team is experienced in advising law firms in relation to exposures arising out of the banking crisis and in dealing with the raft of lenders' claims and pensions disputes accompanying the economic downturn. We also progress recovery actions on behalf of our clients. We are highly skilled in all methods of dispute resolution and in assisting our clients in reaching a commercial solution wherever possible.

We can assist all sizes and types of law firm in relation to claims, both domestic and cross-border. We have a strong presence in all the key jurisdictions and can assist our clients wherever they operate.

Experience/deals

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  • Royaume-Uni et Europe

  • Coverage and monitoring following employer insolvency and PPF assessment

    Advising on coverage and monitoring in respect of notifications following employer insolvency and PPF assessment period commencing in relation to the Scheme

    Royaume-Uni

    Depreciation of fund value and subsequent losses

    Acting in a claim relating to alleged delay in winding up a company pension scheme and losses arising from the resulting fall in the fund value

    Royaume-Uni

    Equalising gender benefits following the "Barber" judgement

    Advising on failure to amend a scheme correctly to equalise benefits for men and women following the “Barber” judgment in 1991

    Royaume-Uni

    Incorrect "preservation" legislation in rules

    Advising on rules which incorrectly reflected the “preservation” legislation in the Pension Schemes Act 1993

    Royaume-Uni

    Incorrect drafting of rule consolidations

    Advising on incorrect drafting of rule consolidations

    Royaume-Uni

    Incorrect equalisation of retirement ages in accordance with Barber

    Acting for a national firm and its insurers in relation to a claim brought by trustees of a retirement benefits scheme after advisers failed to carry out correctly the equalisation of retirement ages in accordance with Barber which prevented the equalisation from being legally achieved on the date stated in the scheme documentation

    Royaume-Uni

    Knock-on effects of failure to properly amend scheme rules

    Advising on failure to properly amend the scheme rules correctly to reduce future benefits

    Royaume-Uni

    Loss of chance claims

    Acting on loss of chance claims

    Royaume-Uni

    Misapplication of funds claims against a trustee

    Successfully defending a trustee against a claim relating to misapplication of funds by a scheme member who had represented to the Insured that he was a company employee and therefore entitled to join a company pension scheme, when in fact he was not

    Royaume-Uni

    PTL policy claims

    Advising on claims under PTL policies for “exonerated loss” cover

    Royaume-Uni

  • Coverage and monitoring following employer insolvency and PPF assessment

    Advising on coverage and monitoring in respect of notifications following employer insolvency and PPF assessment period commencing in relation to the Scheme

    Royaume-Uni

    Depreciation of fund value and subsequent losses

    Acting in a claim relating to alleged delay in winding up a company pension scheme and losses arising from the resulting fall in the fund value

    Royaume-Uni

    Equalising gender benefits following the "Barber" judgement

    Advising on failure to amend a scheme correctly to equalise benefits for men and women following the “Barber” judgment in 1991

    Royaume-Uni

    Incorrect "preservation" legislation in rules

    Advising on rules which incorrectly reflected the “preservation” legislation in the Pension Schemes Act 1993

    Royaume-Uni

    Incorrect drafting of rule consolidations

    Advising on incorrect drafting of rule consolidations

    Royaume-Uni

    Incorrect equalisation of retirement ages in accordance with Barber

    Acting for a national firm and its insurers in relation to a claim brought by trustees of a retirement benefits scheme after advisers failed to carry out correctly the equalisation of retirement ages in accordance with Barber which prevented the equalisation from being legally achieved on the date stated in the scheme documentation

    Royaume-Uni

    Knock-on effects of failure to properly amend scheme rules

    Advising on failure to properly amend the scheme rules correctly to reduce future benefits

    Royaume-Uni

    Loss of chance claims

    Acting on loss of chance claims

    Royaume-Uni

    Misapplication of funds claims against a trustee

    Successfully defending a trustee against a claim relating to misapplication of funds by a scheme member who had represented to the Insured that he was a company employee and therefore entitled to join a company pension scheme, when in fact he was not

    Royaume-Uni

    PTL policy claims

    Advising on claims under PTL policies for “exonerated loss” cover

    Royaume-Uni

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Ben Brown
Ben Brown

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Clinton Cameron

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Fergal Cathie

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Wim Cilliers

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