Paul Newman QC

Professional Liability CV

Paul has extensive experience of acting for and against professionals in claims concerning the failure to equalise the retirement ages of pension scheme members, relating to schemes operated by companies such as Harland & Wolff, MFI, Fujitsu, Life Sciences International, IMG, Hewlett-Packard, BNP Paribas, Allders and Siemens.

Other recent/notable cases include:

• Acting for the trustees of a scheme against benefits consultants over the failure properly to implement proposed pension increases, resulting in a settlement worth several millions of pounds to the scheme.
  
  
• Acting for the trustees of the Royal Doulton Pension Scheme in a claim for negligence against the scheme actuaries relating to anti-franking legislation.
  
  
• Acting for trustees of settlements in negligence proceedings arising out of a failed attempt to secure Beddoe directions for proceedings against former trustees.
  
  
• Acting for a policyholder in a £1m dispute with the Prudential Plc, concerning the validity of a deferred annuity contract taken out when the policyholder earned no UK-taxable income.
  
  
• Acting for a firm of insurance brokers in a £6m dispute with the actuary of its pension scheme, relating to his mis-calculation of the scheme's FRS 17 liabilities.
  
  
• Acting for Stagecoach Group in a dispute with a firm of solicitors regarding advice given on the pension scheme liabilities of a target company.