Following Freshfields’ defeat last month of a similar claim brought by former restructuring head Peter Bloxham,
It is understood
Freshfields had turned to its regular adviser Lewis Silken, while
The move comes as it emerges that Freshfields will look to recoup its costs on the Bloxham hearing earlier this summer, with the magic circle law firm setting the ball rolling on a costs claim with the tribunal earlier this week. The firm has yet to put a value on the claim, pending a case management discussion.
Dawsons, the firm that advised Bloxham on his claim, said today in a statement that it would contest any claim the firm makes.
Bloxham had alleged that the Freshfields effectively forced him to retire through the changes to the pension scheme, affecting his entitlements.
However, the tribunal found that while Freshfields had been discriminatory on the grounds of age when the new pensions provisions were introduced, it had “comfortably passed” the test of whether the reforms were executed in a proportionate manner as a means of achieving a legitimate business aim.
