Pensions Disputes
In all areas of life, disagreements and misunderstandings can lead to disputes. With pension schemes, there can also be mistakes, or a lack of clarity, in scheme rules.
Whatever the cause, our team of highly experienced pensions disputes experts offers specialised, professional and strategic advice to help you manage difficult situations – avoiding legal proceedings if possible, but managing things effectively to achieve the best outcome where litigation is unavoidable or appropriate.
Whatever the cause, our team of highly experienced pensions disputes experts offers specialised, professional and strategic advice to help you manage difficult situations – avoiding legal proceedings if possible, but managing things effectively to achieve the best outcome where litigation is unavoidable or appropriate.
Why choose our Pensions Disputes lawyers
We advise employers and scheme trustees on all types of pension disputes, from member complaints under a scheme's internal disputes resolution procedure and claims before the Pensions Ombudsman to large scale litigation in the High Court.
We also act on applications to the court to rectify scheme rules that contain errors or to give directions to the trustees. We are particularly known for advising the representative beneficiaries who are usually needed in such cases.
Notable deals and highlights
Advising a multi-national employer on a dispute with former directors
Advising a multi-national employer on a dispute with former directors over the establishment and management of a senior executive pension scheme of which they were the sole trustees and members, including allegations of breach of directors' duty.
Advising a representative beneficiary on a claim
Advising a representative beneficiary on a claim for rectification of the scheme rules dealing with the rate of increases for pensions in payment where an intended change had not been reflected in a deed of amendment.
Advising a financial services company over potential claims
Advising a financial services company over potential claims following an alleged failure in administration leading to tax free lump sums being incorrectly calculated.
Advising a representative beneficiary on an application
Advising a representative beneficiary on an application for directions regarding the entitlement of members under a scheme where a series of amending deeds over a number of years had not been properly executed and were potentially ineffective.
Advising an employer in connection with a section 75 debt certificate
Advising an employer in connection with a section 75 debt certificate issued to it by the trustees of a scheme for non-associated employers.
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Legal risk to pension trustees from misdirecting member data
25/09/2025
The Court of Appeal on 22 August 2025 overturned a High Court judgment in the case of Farley v Paymaster (1836) Limited. The High Court ruling had indicated that pension scheme trustees would not be exposed to the risk of damages claims by scheme members where member data has been misdirected, unless it could be shown that the wrong people had accessed that data.
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Government ramps up efforts to tackle gender pensions gap as disparity reaches 48%
23/09/2025
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Government to "fix" Virgin Media pensions issue
06/06/2025
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The Netherlands' Approach to the Pay Transparency Directive: absence of worker representatives
03/04/2025
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The pensions pay gap: What are the long-term consequences of unequal gender pay rates?
15/12/2021
A House of Lords debate on 22 November 2021 outlined how differences in gender pay rates create lasting imbalances in people's lifetime incomes and economic freedoms.
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