With a comprehensive pensions disputes offering, Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP handles a broad range of disputes, including rectification proceedings, regulatory investigations, and The Pensions Regulator’s enforcement matters. Advising a diverse client base, from trustees, insurers, and financial institutions to master trusts, administrators, and employers, the practice has particular expertise in emerging areas of pension risk, such as surplus distribution, governance issues, and group actions. Bringing significant expertise in pensions disputes, team head Claire Carroll excels in professional negligence claims, representative proceedings, and Pensions Ombudsman complaints. Jennifer Miles is adept at handling the full range of claims, including applications for rectification, construction of scheme documents, and matters involving the Pensions Regulator, while Richard Bacon specialises in data breaches and follow-on litigation, acting for pension trustees, employers, and benefit consultants.
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- Claire Caroll is excellent and a big industry name. She really understands our needs and how our business works. I would also highly recommend James Ellis; he is intelligent, available, and a real pleasure to work with.
- A top-drawer team with deep knowledge and experience. Brilliant at providing specialist advice and focusing resources and effort on the points that matter, without allowing disputes to spiral expensively out of control.
- Claire Carroll is one of the true experts in this area. Her knowledge, experience, and judgement are top-notch.
- Claire Carroll, a partner, is vastly experienced in pensions litigation, has excellent judgment, and is very easy to work with.
- Claire Carroll is a legend in the field. She is on top of everything she does and brings tremendous experience to bear on any case she's involved in. A combination of technical knowledge and a forthright manner ensures her clients know exactly where they stand. Jennifer Miles is vastly experienced, wearing her knowledge lightly and putting clients at ease during even the most complex litigation.
- Eversheds is a titan in the pensions world. The team has a leading role in all the biggest cases; their experience and expertise are unrivaled.
- Jennifer Miles impresses with her strategic overview and energy, as well as her ability to drive forward any litigation or project.
- Excellent team. Very proactive, always keen to ensure they are fully informed about the issues on the horizon. Good mix of technical expertise and litigation clout.
- Claire Carroll is a standout pensions partner who covers the full range of pensions issues and is hugely knowledgeable and experienced.
- Excellent all-round team, with strong pensions knowledge and a commercial approach that appeals to clients.
Work highlights
Advised Phoenix Life Ltd on claims being made arising out of self-invested personal pensions.
Advised Daren Ball as representative beneficiary on rectification proceedings brought by the trustees of the Epson Telford pensions scheme.
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Practice head
Claire Carroll
Other key lawyers
Jennifer Miles; Richard Bacon