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James Bingham
Work Department
Pensions litigation.
Position
James is a partner in our specialist pensions litigation team. His practice covers the full spectrum of pensions related litigation.
He has been involved in a wide variety of cases and has extensive experience of dealing with investigations by the Pensions Regulator in both a defined benefit and a defined contribution context.
James has also worked on a number of significant High Court case, including: Wedgwood v Salt – acting for the representative beneficiary in Part 8 proceedings concerning the closure of the Scheme to future accrual prior to the Scheme entering the PPF; and Saga Group Ltd v Paul – acting for the employer and the trustee jointly in rectification and professional negligence proceedings relating to certain errors in the Scheme documentation.
James has been involved in advising both trustee and adviser clients on professional negligence actions, focusing on the needs of the client and works to ensure that the best possible result is achieved, often through mediation or other forms of ADR.
James also frequently works with the firm’s ongoing clients to provide advice and guidance in relation to complaints brought by members under the scheme’s internal dispute resolution procedure and ultimately to the Pensions Ombudsman.
Career
Qualified: 2009, England & Wales
Pensions experience since: 2010
Joined Sackers: 2010
Joined partnership/LLP: 2018
Employers: Travers Smith LLP (2006-2009)
Memberships
Association of Pension Lawyers (Full Member, Pensions Litigation Sub-Committee)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
(Next Generation Partners)‘Second-to-none‘ boutique firm Sacker & Partners LLP focuses exclusively on pensions work. The litigation team deals mainly with professional negligence cases, rectification actions, member complaints, regulatory investigations, and risk management work. Practice head Peter Murphy
is commended by clients for offering a ‘Rolls Royce service’ and is especially experienced in enforcement cases. James Bingham, who is noted for his provision of ‘sensible advice‘, is experienced in complex High Court claims as well as recovery actions. ‘Excellent‘ senior counsel Arshad Khan‘s recent work includes high-stakes professional negligence claims worth in excess of £100m.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners London > Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Pensions: dispute resolution London > Employment