Adams v Carey Pensions – an alternative perspective

After more than a two year delay, judgment was handed down recently in a litigated claim against Carey Pensions, a SIPP provider, in Adams v Carey Pensions [HC-2017-000084]. In that case, after being introduced to Carey Pensions by an unregulated introduced, based in Spain, a Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) was set up for Mr Adams and the majority of his pension savings were invested in a non-standard and objectively high risk investment in Storepods. That […]

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Mis-sold pension investments: Dunas Beach and Llana Beach, Cape Verde

Over the last decade many hundreds of UK pension savers have been persuaded to transfer safe, UK-regulated pension funds into unregulated, overseas investments which are now either worthless or extremely difficult to access. In this article we focus on The Resort Group investments in the Cape Verde islands. The Resort Group PLC, a Gibraltar registered company, offered investment opportunities in “stunning new developments”, including Llana Beach Hotel and Dunas Beach Resort, through a network of […]

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Launch of Pension Legal Solutions

Claire Collinson Legal have launched a new and unique scheme called Pensions Legal Solutions aimed at providing specialist legal advice and representation at an affordable cost for consumers who have been affected by the proliferation of poor advice and lack of consumer protection in the pensions sector leading to the loss of valuable pension benefits for individuals built up over many years. Many people have valid claims or complaints to make but working out who […]

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Rankings and Awards

We are proud to announce that Claire Collinson Legal has again been recognised as a leading firm for Dispute Resolution by both Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. Claire Collinson has been shortlisted, along with only 7 other individual solicitors nationwide, as the UK Dispute Resolution solicitor of the year 2019 in the Legal 500 awards. The winner will be announced in January 2019. The shortlists and award winners are based solely on the in-depth […]

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