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

They value their clients and work hard to get us good results.
Chambers Asia Pacific 2016

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They have genuine knowledge of the insurance industry which comes only with a long history in the market.
Chambers Asia Pacific 2016

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A pre-eminent insurance litigation firm.
Legal 500 UK 2018

Leading defendant-focused practice acting for insurers and their insureds in a range of claims across the legal, financial and construction markets.
Chambers UK 2019

Our perspective

A tale of loss, limitation and a flawed transaction: why a loss may not feel like a loss

Published on 28 May 2021. By Peter Mansfield, Partner

A recent Court of Appeal decision, Elliott v Hattens [2021] Civ 720, has once again raised the vexed issue of when the limitation period starts to run in a flawed transaction case. Does it start running immediately or at some later date? .