Nicholas Hill

Practice Areas

Nick has a substantial pensions law, commercial disputes, professional negligence and private client & trusts practice. He is recognised by the legal directories for his pensions and professional negligence work.  

Nick is a leading pensions junior, described by directories as being “right on top of the subject,” “finds solutions to problems,” and “excellent with clients.” He has experience of most of the major public sector schemes and has advised on the various armed forces pension schemes, various police pension schemes, firefighter schemes, and the teachers’ pension scheme. Nick is a member of the Litigation Committee of the Association of Pension Lawyers (APL). 

In the field of professional negligence Nick is described as a “fantastic advocate,” who is “excellent with clients” and as having “a great eye for detail.” Nick frequently acts for clients who are solicitors, actuaries, pension consultants, benefits consultants and investment advisers. 

Nick’s commercial experience covers domestic and international matters that includes financial services, fraud, fintech, sanctions, regulatory and investigations, and general commercial litigation including insolvency related matters and joint venture and shareholder disputes. He also has experience of arbitration proceedings.  

Nick has a keen interest in Court of Protection and Private Client litigation, arising from his extensive trust experience (through his leading pensions practice), advocacy experience gained in the Mental Health Tribunal, and his professional negligence work (including numerous trust disputes, acting for the executors of a high-net-worth estate and complex off-shore trust disputes).