Actuaries & Benefit Consultants

Our Actuaries & Benefit Consultants Work

• All
• UK & 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

  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

  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

  Incorrect "preservation" legislation in rules

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

  Incorrect drafting of rule consolidations

  Advising on incorrect drafting of rule consolidations

  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

  Knock-on effects of failure to properly amend scheme rules

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

  Loss of chance claims

  Acting on loss of chance claims

  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

  PTL policy claims

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

• Aircraft Charter Agreements

  Advising numerous operators regarding aircraft charter, wet lease and dry lease agreements

  United Kingdom

  Airport operator issues

  Acting for a London airport operator regarding slots, ground handling issues and charging regulations

  United Kingdom

  Airport Operators

  Advising airport operators regarding slots, airport charges, groundhandling, liability and international standards, emergency planning;

  United Kingdom

  Airworthiness and Type Design

  Advice regarding airworthiness and type design compliance demonstration and certification for civil and military platforms

  United Kingdom

  EU External Aviation Relations

  Advising various airlines, investors and the European Commission regarding EU external relations, horizontal agreements, open skies agreements and bilateral air services agreements; Advising a non-EU airline and its government in its negotiations with the European Commission on an EU horizontal agreement

  United Kingdom

  Flybe Slots Sale

  Advising on more than 50 slot sales, purchases and other transactions, including acting for Flybe in the sale of its slot portfolio at Gatwick to easyJet, and acting for British Airways in the landmark High Court case which confirmed that slots may be traded.

  United Kingdom

  Hazardous Goods

  Advising stakeholders on the carriage of hazardous goods by air and land; advising carrier regarding handling of mercury spillage

  United Kingdom

  Regulatory Advice

  Advising numerous airlines and other stakeholders on aviation regulatory issues including EU nationality of ownership and control rules,  EU ETS, air passenger rights (including under Regulation (EC) 261/2004), ATOL and package travel rules, Air Passenger Duty, passengers with reduced mobility, the carriage on unaccompanied minors, airline licencing and operating permits, security and counter-terrorism for civil aviation. Advising on web based selling and price transparency rules.

  United Kingdom

  Unmanned Aircraft Systems

  Advising UAS operator regarding access to airspace, airworthiness and radio spectrum usage; advising European Commission on liability and insurance aspects of a UAS study

  United Kingdom