Event: Pensions Law Conference, London – Thursday 10th July 2025

Join us at our inaugural London event, part of the Pensions Law Conference Series, on Thursday 10th July 2025 at Glaziers Hall.

After successful stops at Bristol and Manchester, you are invited to join the Outer Temple Chambers Pensions Team at the last stop of this year’s conference series in London on Thursday, 10th July at Glaziers Hall over breakfast.

The event will consist of a series of presentations and panel discussions, followed by networking.

Topics of discussion include:

• In conversation: The practical significance of Verity Trustees
• Causation and loss in pensions professional negligence cases
• Mansion House and all that: the Pension Schemes Bill and the changing legal landscape for pension scheme investment
• The Regulator & moral hazard – Case law update

Agenda

8:30am – Registration & Breakfast
9:00am – Event
10:30am – Networking

Book Your Place

Venue: Glaziers Hall, 9 Montague Close, London Bridge, SE1 9DD
Date: Thursday 10th May 2025
Time: 8.30am – 10:30am, followed by networking

Places are limited and booking is required. Please register here.

The talks at this event will be recorded for on-demand viewing on our YouTube channel. The audience will not be visible at any time.

Meet the Team

Nicolas Stallworthy KC

Nicolas is widely acknowledged as one of the stars of the pensions bar (long top-ranked by both Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500).  He has appeared in pension cases at all appellate levels, including three in the Supreme Court.  Nick was twice elected to the Main Committee of the Association of Pensions Lawyers. In 2021, Nugee J’s judgment re: the Royal Bank of Scotland Scheme described Nick as “to my personal knowledge, an eminent practitioner in the field of pensions law”.  Nick appeared in the most significant pensions case of 2024 (Virgin Media in the Court of Appeal) and will appear in the most significant pensions case of 2025 (The Pensions Trust).

Andrew Spink KC

Andrew has been listed as a leading silk in pensions in Chambers & Partners (Band 1) and Legal 500 (Tier 1) ever since being appointed KC in 2003. Over that time, he has appeared in many of the leading pieces of litigation in the Chancery Division and in the newer and fast-developing field of work involving the Pensions Regulator. Having appeared in many of the leading pensions cases of the last two decades, Andrew remains one of the most prominent and sought-after pensions silks, whether it be in technical Part 8 work, regulatory work, or hard-fought Part 7 pensions litigation, professional negligence or advisory work all of which are reflected in the high profile cases in which he has been involved in including – British Telecom, British Airways, Honda, Atos, McGraw-Hill RBP and a number of ground-breaking Regulatory matters.

Andrew Short KC

Andrew is instructed in many of the key pensions cases of the moment and his current and recent cases before the Court of Appeal have ramifications across the industry. These deal with the status of the Pensions Ombudsman (CMG); derivative claims (USS); the legality of the public sector pension reforms (FBU), and, perhaps most of all, the decision on section 37 PSA (Virgin) which was almost certainly the most significant pensions case from 2024.  In addition to his technical pensions caseload, his cross-over experience means that he is particularly sought after in pensions matters with an element of employment or discrimination law (FBU and NEST).    

Lydia Seymour

Lydia has a specialist pensions practice spanning all aspects of pensions law in relation to both private trust and statutory schemes, and regularly instructed in cases raising issues of professional negligence by legal and actuarial advisers relating to pension schemes. She is one of the leading juniors at the London bar in the area of crossover between pensions and employment law, particularly cases involving discrimination in relation to pension schemes and TUPE issues.  

Philip Stear

Philip is an acknowledged expert in relation to technical pensions law and regulatory practice, and combines this with long practical experience of occupational pension schemes and the practical challenges they face in relation to governance and trusteeship, benefit design and modification, funding and security and member communications and disputes. He advises in relation to the construction of pension scheme trust deeds, statutory and regulatory requirements, and breach of trust allegations. Philip appeared in the Court of Appeal (led by Nicolas Stallworthy KC) in Virgin Media v NTL Pension Trustees II Limited & another, undoubtedly one of the most important pensions cases ever heard in terms of its impact on the pensions industry.   

Michael Uberoi

Michael is a leading pensions junior ranked in both Chambers & Partners, and Legal 500. He is an established senior junior who has been instructed in some of the leading cases in pensions litigation of recent years. He is often sought out for advice in pension cases with a financial services element. He has ongoing matters involving the Pensions Regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Pension Protection Fund, and Lloyd’s of London.

Nicholas Hill

Nick is a specialist in pensions law, and a leading pensions junior ranked in both Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. He has appeared in some of the biggest and most important cases of the last few years including all of the Lloyds Banking Group Pensions Trustees Limited, Mercer v Honda and the Gleeds v Aon. He has experience of most of the major public sector schemes. Nick is a member of the Litigation Committee of the Association of Pension Lawyers (APL).

Stephen Butler

Stephen Butler has acted in a wide range of complex pension claims, from industry-leading litigation (Axminster, led by Andrew Short KC; Atos, led by Andrew Spink KC), to professional negligence claims, to discrimination claims. He acts (as sole counsel and led) against significantly more senior opponents and is increasingly sought after for his specialist advice and representation in technical employment-pensions ‘cross-over’ issues. His clients include multi-national corporations, government bodies, The Pension Ombudsman, and groups of thousands of individual claimants. Stephen is a contributor to the Pensions chapter of Atkins’ Court Forms.

Victoria Brown

Victoria is a pensions and employment specialist, recognised as a leading junior in both by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. She is “a strong barrister with genuine expertise”, “willing to give views on tricky technical points” who “performs at a level far beyond her year of call”. Her pensions practice spans pure pensions issues as well as professional negligence claims and crossover employment/discrimination issues. Victoria has appeared in some of the most significant pensions cases of recent years, most recently The Pensions Trust (Verity Trustees v Wood). 

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