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Suzanne Padmore

Partner

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About

Suzanne is a partner in the Dispute Resolution department. She specialises in commercial and financial services litigation with particular focus on pensions disputes, leading the firm’s Pensions Disputes team.

She acts in the full range of pensions disputes including acting for employers, trustees and representative members of occupational pension schemes in applications to Court and in related professional negligence claims. She also advises FCA-regulated pension providers, often working closely with our funds and financial services regulatory teams.

Suzanne is recognised in Chambers and as a Leading Partner in Pensions Disputes in the Legal 500 directory. She is a member of the Association of Pensions Lawyers and the Pensions Management Institute.

She also has considerable experience acting for service providers in disability discrimination claims under the Equality Act 2010.

Suzanne is Chair of Burges Salmon’s Environment Committee, with responsibility for the firm’s environmental performance management including against our SBTi approved Science Based Target to reduce the firm’s greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 against a 2019 baseline.

Experience

  • Employers, trustees and representative members: Acting in Part 8 claims relating to errors in pension scheme documentation.
  • Gleeds UK and the Trustees of the Gleeds Group Pension Scheme: Represented Gleeds UK and the Trustees in a multi-million-pound High Court professional negligence claim against their former advisers, one of the largest such cases in England.
  • Trustee of the Honda Pension Scheme: Represented the Trustee of the Honda Pension Scheme in a High Court and Court of Appeal claim on documentation issues, and implemented changes to benefits to reflect the Court-approved compromise.
  • FCA regulated businesses: Advising in relation to their regulatory obligations and in relation to complaints to the FOS.
  • Trustees: Advising trustees of an occupational pension scheme in a claim against investment managers in relation to the performance of a liability driven investment portfolio.
  • Service providers: Representing a number of service providers in both the transport and retail sectors in Equality Act cases concerning reasonable adjustments required in the provision of goods and services.

Credentials

  • Admitted as a solicitor: England & Wales (2003)

Areas of expertise

Sector focus

Office

“Suzanne, in particular, excels both technically and from a client care perspective.”

Legal 500 UK, 2025

“Suzanne's style is clear, thorough and professional. She leads us through the complexities in a way that we can understand, that enables us to make good decisions.”

Chambers UK, 2025

“Suzanne is extremely intelligent and very client-friendly. She's a pleasure to work with.”

Chambers UK, 2025

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