Accountants, pensions and actuaries

Our team acts for accountancy firms, pensions professionals and actuaries. Count on us to resolve disputes of any complexity - cost-effectively.

With lawyers based in London, Bristol, Hong Kong and Singapore, we specialise in providing risk management advice and defending negligence claims against accountancy firms of all sizes, auditors, actuaries and people working across the pensions sector.

We can also help if you need to respond to complaints and proceedings before regulatory bodies such as the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) and the Pensions Ombudsman.

Where we need to work alongside lawyers in other jurisdictions, we call upon our international best friend network of law firms to provide local expertise. This helps us ensure we find the right local lawyer for the job thereby keeping cost and indemnity spend down.

Examples of work

Acting for firms and individuals in managing proceedings before the FRC

Acting for a top 10 accountancy firm in multi-million-pound High Court proceedings relating to tax and audit services

Defending accountancy firms and other professionals involved in advising on tax avoidance schemes

Acting for a leading actuarial firm defending a claim in respect of alleged miscalculation of pension benefits

Resolving a multi-party dispute relating to pension accrual errors between a pension scheme and several trustee and adviser firms

Defending an accountancy firm in a claim relating to alleged negligence in the audit of a Chinese company listed on the Toronto stock exchange

Spotlights

They are really commercial and their fees are extremely competitive.
Chambers UK 2015

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They are very easy to work with, very responsive, they provide a high quality of advice and are very personable.
Chambers UK 2016

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I would single out RPC as they can handle anything. They have some really interesting work which they do extremely well.
Chambers UK 2016

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They always go the extra mile.
Chambers UK 2015

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Our perspective

Derivative actions – The Court of Appeal considers when permission will be granted to shareholders of non-UK claims to pursue a derivative claim

Published on 23 April 2024. By Zoe Melegari, Associate

In Durnont Enterprises Ltd v Fazita Investment Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 299, the Court of Appeal recently dismissed the appeal of a shareholder of a Cypriot-based company for permission to continue a derivative action against various defendants.