Public sector pensions were once thought to be relatively stable and predictable, with popular defined benefit pensions a key recruitment and retention tool. But if you’re involved in a public sector pension scheme today then you will know they have not been immune to the increasing complexity affecting their private sector counterparts. To tackle the legal issues arising from this changing landscape you need a dedicated Public Sector Pensions legal team.
Whether you are in local or central government, the education sector or the NHS, we can offer you legal advice drawn from our extensive experience of pension schemes in your area of the public sector. We have advised on a wide range of legal issues involving the Civil Service Pension Scheme, the Local Government Pension Scheme, the NHS Pension Scheme and the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. We make it our business to understand how these statutory schemes work and the challenges you face. Our public sector pensions lawyers also work closely with colleagues in our Local Government, Education and Healthcare legal teams.
As well as advising public sector schemes and clients, we also apply our public sector pensions expertise to advise private sector clients engaged in the delivery of outsourced services. Government policies such as the Treasury’s Fair Deal guidance and the Best Value Direction represent challenges to private sector employers who take transfers of public sector staff. If you need legal support as a private sector contractor then we have extensive experience from outsourcing contracts, and expertise in areas such as admission to public service schemes, broadly comparable schemes and Beckmann rights.
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