Financial professionals

Financial professionals turn to us when they need help defending claims, resolving disputes, and managing regulatory issues.

Our experience in this field is vast. We've defended claims against financial advisers and networks, discretionary investment and fund managers, pension trustees, administrators and actuaries, offshore trustees and corporate service providers.

We provide a full service offering to financial and pensions professionals and have lawyers specialising in key areas of the field. These include civil claims, Financial Ombudsman Service (FOC) complaints, s166 skilled persons reports, past business reviews and Pensions Ombudsman complaints.

Examples of work

Bringing judicial review proceedings against the FOS in R v Financial Ombudsman Service Limited

Acting for pension trustees in relation to a multi-million-pound claim arising out of alleged failure to equalise retirement ages and accrual errors

Advising on financial adviser networks' liability for appointed representatives' acts, including where those acts amount to fraud

Acting for various financial services firms and their insurers in dealing with investment claims and complaints, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) s166 reports and past business reviews

Advising offshore trustees and corporate service-providers in respect of a multi-million-pound dispute being litigated in Guernsey

Spotlights

Excellent defendant-focused practice with a sizeable and high-quality team that allows it to offer expertise across a broad spectrum of professions and sectors.
Chambers UK 2016

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

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RPC has ‘a fantastic reputation’ for professional negligence work and its expertise spans legal, technology, construction, surveyors and financial negligence.
Legal 500 UK 2016

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They're practical and commercial about the billing.
Chambers UK 2019

Our perspective

All bets are off for binary options

Published on 04 April 2019. By Lucy Kerr, Senior Associate

Following consultation, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced on 29 March 2019 that, as of 2 April 2019, the sale, marketing and distribution of binary options (including securitised binary options) to retail consumers will be prohibited indefinitely.

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