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Doug Mullen

Partner

Partner in the employment and pensions team

Doug is a partner in the pensions and employment team leading our pensions advice and providing strategic employment advice to a range of not-for-profit, charitable and commercial organisations. He aims to understand what clients need and provide practical, commercial solutions to legal issues which are tailored to their needs and presented in a clear, straightforward way.

Doug has been appointed to the Association of Pension Lawyers’ public sector committee, leads our relationship with the National Local Government Pension Scheme Frameworks and manages Anthony Collins’ appointment to the approved panel of legal services providers for funds and employers for this framework. He is experienced in advising LGPS funds and employers on a range of issues including admissions and exits, staff transfers, internal dispute resolution procedure complaints and pensions ombudsman applications. Doug also advises on appeals against penalties imposed by the Pensions Regulator.

With substantial experience in a wide range of different areas including expertise in advising on the employment and pensions implications of outsourcing arrangements, Doug regularly supports housing and social care providers and local government organisations on public sector pension schemes, changing terms and conditions, TUPE and redundancy.

“He has sound knowledge of the area and is good on both defined contribution and defined benefit schemes.” Chambers and Partners, 2021

My specialisms

  • Pensions
  • TUPE
  • Change programmes – redundancy and terms and conditions
  • Local Government Pension Scheme - Appeals against Pension Regulator penalties

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My latest articles

Outsourcing the problem: equal pay and local authority trading companies
Outsourcing the problem: equal pay and local authority trading companies

The most high-profile story has been Birmingham City Council’s issuing of a section 114 notice over an equal pay liability estimated at £760 million but this is far from an […]

Local Government Pension Scheme 2022 valuation outcome – decoding the numbers
Local Government Pension Scheme 2022 valuation outcome – decoding the numbers

With the three-yearly funding valuation of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) now complete, the headline is that many of the 86 funds are now in rude health with an average increase in fund asset values of 27.5% over the last three years.

Changing the narrative on neurodiversity: Smoothing out the bumps in the road
Changing the narrative on neurodiversity: Smoothing out the bumps in the road

As ever when embarking on an inclusivity journey, it is not without bumps in the road as the General Optical Council (GOC) found in a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision. 

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