Events / Webinars
Wilberforce Nugee Memorial Pensions Conference & Dinner 2024
Wednesday 19th June 2024 | 12.15pm - 5.40pm, followed by drinks and dinner by Nobu
Nobu Shoreditch, London
£140 - £190 + VAT | 3.5 CPD
View moreMichael’s practice encompasses litigation and advice in the fields of pensions (including professional negligence), financial services and private trusts. Has appeared in many of the most high profile and complex pensions cases of recent years.
He has a particular knowledge of the work of actuaries, both in relation to pension funds and life assurance funds and is co author of the chapter on actuaries in Professional Negligence Law and Practice (LLP).
Michael has a first class degree in law from Oxford. He is a former member of the Main Committee of the Association of Pension Lawyers.
Pensions
Litigation concerning employers’ contribution obligations under scheme rules
Employers’ statutory contribution obligations
Trustee’s duties to employers
Employers’ duties to the beneficiaries
Trustees, duties in relation to the PPF
CPI /RPI increases
Moral Hazard
Pension claims in insolvency proceedings/section 75
Variation of pension benefits by contract
Winding up / restructuring
Pension Scheme rectification
Recovery of assets
Winding up – Disposals of surplus
Money purchase benefits
Public sector pensions
Early retirement / redundancy
Pension Ombudsman
Michael is one of the outstanding barristers at the Bar. He is a safe pair of hands and has seen it all before.
My go-to silk for a good reason. He is commercially minded, astute, has seen everything and is fun to work with.
Michael is incredibly clever. He's very commercial, hands-on and very easy to deal with, and he's very good with clients.
A very safe pair of hands. Sound judgement and a calm reassuring presence.
A first-class pensions silk.
Events / Webinars
Wednesday 19th June 2024 | 12.15pm - 5.40pm, followed by drinks and dinner by Nobu
Nobu Shoreditch, London
£140 - £190 + VAT | 3.5 CPD
View moreRecent Cases
Pensions
Brian Green KC | Michael Tennet KC | Edward Sawyer | Joseph Steadman
Monday 14 August 2023
Events / Webinars
Wednesday 21st June 2023 | 12.30pm - 5.55pm, followed by drinks and dinner by Nobu
Nobu Shoreditch Hotel & Restaurant
£175 for conference & dinner / £125 for conference only | 3.5 CPD
View morePublications
Robert Ham KC | Paul Newman KC | Michael Tennet KC | Andrew Mold KC | David Pollard | Edward Sawyer | Thomas Robinson | Simon Atkinson
June 2021
Commercial disputes
Financial Services/Commercial:
Michael is one of the outstanding barristers at the Bar. He is a safe pair of hands and has seen it all before.
My go-to silk for a good reason. He is commercially minded, astute, has seen everything and is fun to work with.
Michael is incredibly clever. He's very commercial, hands-on and very easy to deal with, and he's very good with clients.
A very safe pair of hands. Sound judgement and a calm reassuring presence.
Michael gives pragmatic but also very well-considered and well-researched advice. He can deal with the most complex case with ease.
Events / Webinars
Thursday 4th July 2024 | 12.30pm - 5.25pm, followed by drinks and canapés
The View at The Royal College of Surgeons
£135 + VAT | 3.5 CPD
View moreTrusts, probate and estates: contentious
As well as being regularly instructed and involved in trust disputes arising under occupational pension schemes, Michael also undertakes private client trust work in the UK and in offshore jurisdictions, including Cayman and the Bahamas.
Michael’s reported cases include:
Michael is one of the outstanding barristers at the Bar. He is a safe pair of hands and has seen it all before.
My go-to silk for a good reason. He is commercially minded, astute, has seen everything and is fun to work with.
Michael is incredibly clever. He's very commercial, hands-on and very easy to deal with, and he's very good with clients.
A very safe pair of hands. Sound judgement and a calm reassuring presence.
Michael gives pragmatic but also very well-considered and well-researched advice. He can deal with the most complex case with ease.
Events / Webinars
Thursday 4th July 2024 | 12.30pm - 5.25pm, followed by drinks and canapés
The View at The Royal College of Surgeons
£135 + VAT | 3.5 CPD
View moreEvents / Webinars
Monday 23 January 2023 | 9am - 5.45pm followed by drinks and dinner
InterContinental Hotel (and online via Zoom), InterContinental Hotel, One Hamilton Place, Park Lane, Mayfair, London W1J 7QY
£360 + VAT/£299 + VAT | 6.0 CPD
View moreRegistered name: Mr Michael John Tennet KC
VAT number: 494645014