Radcliffe Chambers, with a ‘strong pensions and broader Chancery offering’, has a well-equipped bench of barristers regularly appearing before the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Pensions Ombudsman, and the Determinations Panel of the Pensions Regulator. Some of Chambers’ notable work includes R (on the application of the Guinness Partnership Limited) v. Cheshire West and Chester Council, in which Elizabeth Ovey represents the Guinness Partnership on issues concerning the pension’s surpluses and how they come into existence.
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Profile
Position
Barrister specialising in pensions, retail financial services and building society work (litigation and drafting and constitutional issues relating to societies); trusts, wills and probate (contentious and non-contentious); professional negligence relating to solicitors, accountants, actuaries and surveyors (claimants and defendants); conveyancing and property litigation; cases include: Twogates Properties v Birmingham Midshires Building Society; Davies v Richards & Wallington Industries; Bowers v Bowers; Gibbon v Mitchell; Cheltenham & Gloucester Plc v Booker; Johnson v Gore Wood; Re T&N Ltd; Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane SPA v Rotunno; HR Trustees Ltd v German (the IMG case) Prudential Staff Pensions v Prudential Assurance Company; Danks v QinetiQ Holdings; the Pensions Regulator v A Admin; Arcadia Group Ltd. v Arcadia Group Pension Trust Ltd; NRAM Plc v Nelmes.
Career
Called 1978; Middle Temple; deputy judge of the Upper Tribunal; publications: co-editor ‘Wurtzburg and Mills on Building Society Law’; co-author ’The Law of Investor Protection’ (2nd edition); co-author 'Retail Mortgages: Law, Regulation and Procedure'.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association; Professional Negligence Bar Association; Charity Law Association; Association of Pension Lawyers.
Education
Grammar School for Girls, Southampton; Oxford University (1977 BA).
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Testimonials
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- The service from Chambers is very good, demonstrating a hunger for the work and to do it at a high level. The clerking team is responsive and 'can do' in their approach.
- The clerks are always very personable and helpful and straightforward to deal with.
- Radcliffe Chambers have provided good quality pensions counsel for many years.
- A very strong pensions offering, with junior barristers rising up the ranks.
- They are a very strong set in the pensions space.
- Radcliffe Chambers remains technically strong and is a well-regarded Chambers for pensions disputes.
- Excellent barristers on all levels of seniority, as well as an excellent clerking team.
- An outstanding set for pensions work.