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

• Cross-border contract dispute for insurer client

  Acting for a major insurer in a multi-million pound cross border contract dispute following the counterpartys material breach of contract, advising on the English law aspects and quarterbacking overall strategy in multiple strands of the case in France and England.

  United Kingdom

  Cross-border litigation involving fraud and breach of contract

  Acting for a major corporate in cross border litigation relating to fraud and breach of contract with total claims in excess of £1bn. Including handling breach of trust litigation is London with various ancillary freezing orders and overseeing Arbitrations and criminal proceedings in Italy and fraud claims in New York.

  United Kingdom

  Dispute concerning complex copyright infringement

  Acting for a software developer in a complex copyright infringement, breach of contract and confidential information claim which resulted in a lengthy trial in the Chancery Division of the High Court.

  United Kingdom

  Software dispute

  Successfully defending a software company in a dispute concerning the alleged misuse of confidential information, trade secrets and copyright.

  United Kingdom