Ex-england footballer Shearer settles after £9m damages claim

Former England football star Alan Shearer has agreed a settlement with a financial adviser and a specialist pension firm after claiming that he was given “negligent” advice and launching a £9 million High Court damages claim.

The 46-year-old former Southampton, Blackburn and Newcastle centre-forward had sued Kevin Neal and Suffolk Life, which is based in Ipswich, Suffolk. 0 Football pundit Alan Shearer left court without comment

A judge started overseeing a trial at the High Court in London on Wednesday and Shearer, now a media football pun- dit, had been due to go into the witness box yesterday.

But a lawyer told Mr Justice Leggatt that an agreement had been reached between Shearer, Mr Neal and Suffolk Life.

Barrister Gerard Mcmeel, who led Shearer’s legal team, said the terms of the agreement were confidential.

Shearer, who had been at the hearing with wife Lainya, left court without comment.

A Suffolk Life spokeswoman said the case had been settled on “mutually satisfactory terms and with no admission of liability”.