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Keith Rowley KC 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 > Professional negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2London Bar > Pensions
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Keith Rowley KC –Radcliffe Chambers ‘He has outstanding technical knowledge, with a great eye for detail and robust advocacy where appropriate. One of the leading KCs at the pensions Bar.’
Radcliffe Chambers is ‘a well regarded chambers for pensions disputes‘. Recent instructions for the group include Keith Rowley KC and Wendy Mathersacting in the high-profile Newell Trustees v Newell Rubbermaid UK Services case, a complex pension scheme dispute arising from the transfer of final salary arrangements to money purchase arrangements within the same scheme; key issues in the matter included the validity of amendments made by an interim deed, extrinsic contracts, and allegations of age discrimination.