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Outer Temple Chambers Offices
Outer Temple Chambers
THE OUTER TEMPLE, 222 STRAND
LONDON
WC2R 1BA
England
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Saul Margo
Work Department
Pensions and Employment
Position
Saul specialises in pensions and employment, as well as professional negligence claims relating to pension schemes.
His pensions practice encompasses both pure pensions litigation and advisory work with his litigation experience including Part 8, professional negligence and rectification claims.
Additionally, Saul is in demand for his specialist knowledge of cross-over pensions and employment work having been instructed in the litigation relating to the judges pensions scheme, the police pension scheme, sexual orientation discrimination claims relating to the Teachers’ pension scheme and in the leading case relating to discrimination arising from the provision ill-health retirement benefits.
His employment work covers the full range of employment disputes including the private sector equal pay litigation and pensions and employment cross-over work. He has extensive experience of appellate advocacy in the EAT and has appeared numerous times in the Court of Appeal.
Career
Called 2005, Lincoln’s Inn.
Memberships
- Association of Pension Lawyers
- Employment Lawyers Association
- Employment Law Bar Association
- Industrial Law Society
- COMBAR
Education
University College School; Pembroke College, Cambridge (2001 MA Hons Philosophy First Class).
Leisure
Golf, reading, theatre, cooking.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Employment
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Saul Margo – Outer Temple Chambers ‘Saul is a consummate technician. He is very hard working and thorough, and can hold his own against silks. A cogent advocate.’
Outer Temple Chambers ‘has an excellent offering in employment matters‘. Equal pay litigation remains a core pillar of strength for the team, and members continue to handle high-profile discrimination and whistleblowing claims. Pensions work is another key area of expertise for multiple practitioners in the group. Recent highlights include Andrew Short KC and Saul Margo successfully acting in the Court of Appeal for the claimants in Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd v Clark and Others, a long-running equal pay claim which in 2023 reached the Court of Appeal on a point concerning ACAS conciliation in bulk claims. Naomi Cunningham is ‘a master in discrimination cases‘, and Lydia Seymour is sought after for her excellent track record in advising on employment issues that cross over with pensions matters.
London Bar > Pensions
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Saul Margo –Outer Temple Chambers ‘Impressive technical skills and pleasing user-friendly manner.’