News & Events
News & Events
Join us to hear from our leading pensions law barristers on Thursday 16th of May 2024 for an afternoon of talks at the second stop of this conference series around the country. You are invited to join the Outer Temple’s pensions team for an afternoon of talks, covering all things pensions law on Thursday 16th May 2024. Topics will include: the Avon judgment, section 57 of the Trustee Act 1925, defending contribution notices, and notable non-pensions cases for pensions lawyers. The event will be rounded off with a panel discussion comprised of Outer Temple’s silks, followed by early evening networking drinks. Agenda 1.30pm – Registration 1.50pm – 2.00pm – Welcome & Introduction 2:00pm – 2:30pm – Severing the bad from…
Join us to hear from our leading pensions law barristers on Thursday 18th of April 2024 for an afternoon of talks on pensions law at the first stop of this conference series around the country. You are invited to join the Outer Temple’s pensions team for an afternoon of talks, covering all things pensions law. Topics will include: the Avon judgment, an update on Pensions Ombudsman cases, defending contribution notices and notable non-pensions cases for pensions lawyers. The event will be rounded off with a panel discussion comprised of Outer Temple’s silks. Agenda 1.30pm – Registration (tea, coffee & pastries on arrival) 1.50pm – 2.00pm – Welcome & Introduction 2:00pm – 2:30pm – Severing the bad from the good: a…
Richard Hitchcock KC and Lydia Seymour acted for the successful Claimant in Avon Cosmetics Ltd v Dalriada Trustees & Ors, an important Chancery Division authority on the consequences of powers in pension scheme trust deeds being exercised partly outside their scope. The case concerned an amendment to remove members’ entitlement to a final salary link to their accrued benefits, where the amendment power contained a Re Courage – type restriction, but where ultimately some members had done better and some worse by reason of the amendment. The Court concluded that the members who had benefitted by the amendment would retain their more valuable benefits even if the amendment was invalid in relation to those who had lost out. The Judgment,…
News 19 Jan, 2024
Join Outer Temple Chambers at the Edwardian Radisson Hotel, Manchester for an afternoon of pensions law talks at the next stop of this conference series around the country. You are invited to join Outer Temple Chambers in Manchester for the next stop of our Pensions Law Conference 2023 series. Topics will include: an actuary’s role in Section 67 certification, age discrimination and the EU Withdrawal Act 2018, the presumption of regularity, and notable non-pensions cases for pensions lawyers. The event will be rounded off with a panel discussion comprised of Outer Temple’s silks. Agenda 1.30pm – Registration (tea and coffee on arrival)2pm – Consultation with the scheme actuary and Section 67 Certification. Where has Mitchells & Butler left Us?2.30pm –…
Events 18 May, 2023
Join Outer Temple Chambers at the Marriott Delta Hotel, Bristol for an afternoon of pensions law talks at the first stop of this conference series around the country. You are invited to join Outer Temple Chambers in Bristol for the first stop of our Pensions Law Conference 2023 series. Topics will include: an actuary’s role in Section 67 certification, age discrimination and the EU Withdrawal Act 2018, the presumption of regularity, and notable non-pensions cases for pensions lawyers. The event will be rounded off with a panel discussion comprised of Outer Temple’s silks. Agenda 1.30pm – Registration (tea and coffee on arrival)2pm – Consultation with the scheme actuary and Section 67 Certification. Wherehas Mitchells & Butler left Us?Lydia Seymour &…
Events 4 Apr, 2023
Outer Temple Chambers sponsored the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association Online Conference, hosting their live closing event. Barristers Richard Hitchcock KC, Nicholas Hill, and Helen Pugh joined the panel for a Q&A which is now available free on-demand. The PNLA Online Conference consists of 7 hours of filmed talks on a wide range of topics related to professional negligence. These are all available to subscribers online and was followed by a (free to view) closing event hosted at chambers. Watch the PNLA Closing Session Katy Manley, PNLA President, provides a summary of the conference with her thanks to all involved below. Professional negligence and liability update conference ‘The New Normal’ 2022 – why is it such a fantastic conference? The PNLA…
Webinars & Recordings 16 Nov, 2022
Outer Temple’s Nicolas Stallworthy KC and Richard Hitchcock KC will be speaking at White Paper’s upcoming Pensions Law Conference named ‘Pensions Law: Shaping New Developments into Solution-Focused Answers for your Clients’. This is being held on Tuesday 4th October 2022. White Paper are an organisation who provide advanced-level legal and business conferences. They are soon holding a conference entitled ‘Pensions Law: Shaping New Developments into Solution-Focused Answers for your Clients’ that aims to provide answers to the biggest legal matters facing the pensions industry. Nicolas Stallworthy KC is due to be answering the question ‘What are the practical and legal implications of the new notifiable events triggers and “declarations of intent”, and which corporate activities will likely be caught?’ Richard…
News 30 Sep, 2022
Outer Temple Chambers will be sponsoring the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association (PNLA) online conference as well as hosting their live closing event on 1st November 2022. Barristers, Richard Hitchcock KC, Nicholas Hill, and Helen Pugh will be speaking. Outer Temple will be sponsoring the upcoming PNLA online conference, to be held on 1st November 2022. This will be followed by a closing event that we will be hosting at chambers. The Professional Negligence Lawyers Association (PNLA), are an organisation who specialise in resolving disputes between professionals and their clients. Our barristers, Richard Hitchcock QC, Nicholas Hill, and Helen Pugh will all be speaking at the conference. Richard Hitchcock KC will be speaking on, ‘Some thoughts on Limitation: Knowledge and Concealment’,…
Events 26 Sep, 2022
We are delighted to invite you to a webcast about the recent Lloyds Judgment on Wednesday 9th December. Hear from Andrew Short QC, Richard Hitchcock QC and Nick Hill, experts from our Pensions Team and counsel instructed on the case. As you will be aware, in 2018 the first Lloyds Judgment confirmed that pension schemes had to equalise excess benefits for the effect of unequal GMPs. It did not however address the position of trustees of pension schemes where a member had transferred out and the trustees had made a transfer payment. On 20th November 2020, Judgment concerning the position of trustees following on a transfer payment was handed down. The consequences of this Judgment for pension schemes are far reaching…
Events 25 Nov, 2020
Are cryptoassets ‘property’, how should the courts decide and why does it matter? OTC’s commercial team provide a commentary on David Ian Ruscoe and Malcolm Russell Moore v Cryptopia Limited. The judgment of the High Court of New Zealand in David Ian Ruscoe and Malcolm Russell Moore v Cryptopia Limited (in liquidation) [2020] NZHC 728 is the first fully reasoned judgment in the common law world on how cryptoassets should be characterised. That in itself is significant. However, the court’s judgment is also significant for its discussion and recognition of the profound policy and social implications of cryptoassets and their legal characterisation. A commentary on the case In this article Richard Hitchcock QC, Stephen Butler and Chloë Bell consider the importance of…
Legal Blogs 12 Jun, 2020
The starting point of the authors’ review is Mrs Justice Asplin’s decision in Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund Trustees Ltd v Stena Line Ltd [2015] EWHC 448 (Ch), which contains useful guidance on how to approach a trustee’s fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of the beneficiaries. Richard and Jennifer outline that Merchant Navy is a example of how a case arising in a pensions context has consequences for the development and practice of general trust law. Their analysis focusses on what is the ‘best interests’ principle and in what circumstances a court will bless a course of action taken by a trustee. To read the article written by Richard and Jennifer and to find out more about…
News 7 Apr, 2016
Following the successful seminar co-organised by Outer Temple Chambers and FSLA on Global Investigations and Judicial Oversight, held on 17th November 2015, feedback has shown that there is high interest. By way of a summary, our expert panel was chaired by Richard Lissack QC of Outer Temple Chambers, with speakers Mark Steward, the new Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight at the FCA; Stephanie Pagni, the Global Head of Litigation at Barclays Bank; Dorian Drew, a Partner at Clifford Chance; Judge Timothy Herrington of the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber); and Richard Hitchcock QC of Outer Temple Chambers. Four key issues were highlighted by our speakers, namely: Seeking the truth versus settlement. The position of third parties. Follow-on…
News 28 Jan, 2016
