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Outer Temple Chambers

Chambers of Philip Mott QC

THE OUTER TEMPLE, 222 STRAND, LONDON, WC2R 1BA
Tel:
Work 020 7353 6381
Fax:
Fax 020 7583 1786
DX:
351 CHANCERY LANE
Web:
www.outertemple.com
Email:

Nicolas Stallworthy

Tel:
Work +44 20 7353 6381
Email:
Outer Temple Chambers (Chambers of Philip Mott QC)

Position

Barrister specialising in pensions law (particularly in relation to occupational pension schemes). Acted in: both hearings in the Pilots National Pension Fund litigation (Re PD Teesport Ltd, PNPF Trust Co Ltd v Geoff Taylor & Ors [2009] EWHC 1693 (the joinder application) and the main hearing before Warren J [2010] EWHC 1573); Bridge Trustees Ltd v Yates & Others [2008] EWHC 964 & [2009] EWCA Civ 964; HR Trustees Ltd v German & IMG (UK) Ltd, Re the IMG Pension Plan [2009] EWHC 2785 and Court of Appeal (judgment pending); Capital Cranfield Trustees limited v Beck & Tabor [2008] EWHC 3181; Foster Wheeler Ltd v Hanley [2008] EWHC 2926; Hearn v Dobson & Ratcliffe [2008] EWHC 1620; Smithson v Hamilton [2007] EWHC 2900 & [2008] EWCA Civ 996; Alexander Forbes Trustee Services Ltd v Clarke [2008] EWHC 153; Re: the Sea Containers 1983 Pension Scheme, the Determinations Panel of the Pensions Regulator, 2007; Trustee Solutions Ltd v Dubery & Cripps [2007] EWCA Civ 771; Steria Ltd v Hutchison [2006] EWCA Civ 1551; Harland & Wolff Pension Trustees Ltd v Aon Consulting Financial Services Ltd [2006] EWHC 1778; Pinsent Curtis v Capital Cranfield Trustees Ltd [2005] EWCA Civ 860; Stevens v Bell [2002] EWCA Civ 672 (the British Airways litigation); Hoover Ltd v Hetherington [2002] EWHC 1052; and Bradstock Group Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd v Bradstock Group Plc [2002] EWHC 651. Also involved in National Grid Co Plc v Laws [2001] 1 WLR 864, HL. His cases have concerned equalisation; the setting aside of trustees’ deeds under the principles in Re: Hastings-Bass and/or on grounds of mistake; maladministration and breaches of trust/fiduciary duty by trustees; tracing/restitution of trust property; pension scheme funding; the distribution of surpluses; applications for Beddoe relief; pensions mis-selling; employer debts, insolvency and the winding up of pension schemes; the Pensions Protection Fund; and complaints to, oral hearings before and appeals from the Pensions Ombudsman. Also undertakes general chancery work (commercial and contractual litigation) and professional negligence cases (particularly relating to solicitors, actuaries, scheme administrators, benefits consultants and financial advisers).

Career

Called 1993; Middle Temple.

Member

Association of Pension Lawyers; Chancery Bar Association; Professional Negligence Bar Association; Commercial Bar Association; Financial Services Lawyers Association.

Education

Christ Church, Oxford (MA;BCL).

Practice Areas

Chancery (general); Pensions; Professional negligence

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