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Keith Rowley KC
Position
Principal area of work is general chancery, primarily pension schemes, real property, trusts, professional negligence and commercial litigation. Important cases include William Makin, MMI v Harrop, Hearn v Younger, Re T &N Ltd, British Vita v British Vita Trustees, Cripps v Trustee Solutions, Re ILG Travel, R v Takeover Panel ex parte Datafin, Re Thompson’s Settlement, Gillett v Holt, Harwood-Smart v Caws, Bloor v Calcott, Lambeth BC v Blackburn, Bogg v Raper, Worby v Rosser, Dent v Ellison Furniss Blank, Jasmine Trustees v Wells & Hind, Weir v Secretary of State for Transport (the Railtrack case), Alitalia v Rotunno, ITS v Hope (the llford case), HR Trustees v German (the IMG case), Prudential Staff Pensions v Prudential Assurance, Houldsworth v Bridge Trustees, Danks v QinetiQ, Rigid v Sarjeant, Vaitkus v Dresser Rand, Pensions Regulator v. A Admin, Briggs v Gleeds, Arcadia Pension Schemes, the Jimmy Savile litigation and Buckinghamshire v Barnardo’s.
Career
Called 1979; Silk 2001; Bencher, Lincolns’ Inn; First-tier Tribunal Judge, Consumer Credit and Estate Agents Appeals.
Languages
French.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association; Association of Pension Lawyers; Professional Negligence Bar Association.
Education
Educated at Woking Grammar School and King’s College London; lives in London
Leisure
Hurlingham Club.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Pensions
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Keith Rowley KC –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Keith is meticulous and thoughtful in his advice, particularly in preparing a case and works exceptionally well in tandem with his instructing solicitors.‘
Radcliffe Chambers is described as containing ‘top notch pensions counsel‘, which includes experienced members such as Keith Rowley KC and juniors Elizabeth Ovey, Henry Day, and Wendy Mathers. The ‘strong‘ pensions experience was demonstrated in cases such as Toyota Material Handling UK Limited v Mercer Limited, in which potential professional negligence questions were raised against former benefit consultants, and CMG Pension Trustees Ltd v CGI IT UK Ltd, in which trustees sought clarification on the scheme’s forfeiture provisions and its impact on unclaimed benefits.
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Keith Rowley KC –Radcliffe Chambers ‘Keith is a very experienced pensions professional negligence silk. He had deep knowledge of the pensions authorities and can read a court in a way that few others can. Judges listen carefully to him.’