Emerging Professions

Our Emerging Professions Work

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• 英国和欧洲

• Breach of copyright claims

  Claims for breach of copyright by companies where a Web developer has used copyrighted images when designing a website without paying the appropriate licence fee

  Claims for repayment of fees due to dissatisfactory work

  Claims for repayment of fees where the work done by the Insured has proved to be of a dissatisfactory quality

  Community care and development industries advice

  Advising fostering and adoption charities and residents associations, including in relation to service charge and injury claims.

  Copyright infringement claims

  Claims for infringement of copyright and designs rights where it was alleged that the website designed by the Insured was similar to that of the claimant

  Failed installation of new IT system

  Failure by an IT systems installation expert to install a new IT system for a firm of solicitors that was 'fit for purpose'

  Failed software programme by IT programmer

  Failure by an IT programmer to provide a software programme which provided a contact management system for their client

  Negligence claims alleging incorrect coding of website shopping cart

  Claims for negligence where the Insured had failed to correctly code the shopping cart on a website used for the sale of the claimants' product, resulting in items being purchased for a quarter of the price

  Professional recruitment claims

  Advising on claims arising out of the supply of individuals to professional firms and companies, and representing a recruitment industry lobbying group

  Website created by IT website developer failing client's specifications

  Failure by an IT website developer to create a bespoke website in accordance with the specifications requested by the client

• 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

  United Kingdom

  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

  United Kingdom

  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

  United Kingdom

  Incorrect "preservation" legislation in rules

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

  United Kingdom

  Incorrect drafting of rule consolidations

  Advising on incorrect drafting of rule consolidations

  United Kingdom

  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

  United Kingdom

  Knock-on effects of failure to properly amend scheme rules

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

  United Kingdom

  Loss of chance claims

  Acting on loss of chance claims

  United Kingdom

  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

  United Kingdom

  PTL policy claims

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

  United Kingdom