Addleshaw Goddard’s varied practice advises on a wide range of disputes, including those relating to professional negligence, surplus management, restructuring and insolvency, and de-risking, among other areas. The team is regularly instructed by large companies, trustee boards, and pensions professionals, and has wide sector expertise ranging from university schemes to energy and utilities. Leading the team is Susan Garrett who has extensive experience in handling cases spanning pensions ombudsman claims to sex equalisation, scheme documentation and professional negligence.
Rachel Uttley is especially active on IDRP and ombudsman claims, with a number of recent cases relating to benefit rectification.
Jade Murray utilises her longstanding experience to act for blue-chip pensions trustees; Murray also leads the firm’s the SIPPs and pension products team. Other key names include Alexandra Seabridge, who has expertise across construction of pension documents, rectifications, and professional negligence claims. Clare Dwyer has since left the firm.