

Verity Trustees and the law of severance – is there a ‘second condition’?
Against the backdrop of the Verity Trustees litigation, James McCreath of Wilberforce Chambers considers the conditions applicable to...


Cumulative Index - reminder
Site users can access a maintained version of the cumulative index in the Archive. This can be accessed at the top and side of the home...


Government to legislate to deal with issues arising from Virgin Media v NTL Pension Trustees
The Government has today announced that it will introduce legislation to give pension schemes affected by the Virgin Media decision the...


Remind Me About … Winding Up DB Schemes
It’s the return of our popular Remind Me About series, summarising particular areas of pensions law for newly-qualified practitioners or...


Judgment debt enforced against SIPP benefits
In Century Property (Leeds) Ltd v Aldiss [2025] EWHC 1348 (KB), the High Court has ordered the enforcement of a judgment debt against the...


tPR exercises little-used power to release trapped surplus
In a determination published yesterday, tPR has exercised its power under s.69 of the Pensions Act 1995 to modify the provisions of a...


Stop me if you've heard this one before
Paul Newman KC looks at a recent case in which a High Court claim was struck out on the basis that it sought to raise the same issue...


Talking Pensions Ep22 - Dan Schaffer
In this episode (recorded in May 2025), Paul talks to Dan Schaffer, pensions partner at Slaughter and May, about his professional and...


Whatever I said, whatever I did, I didn't mean it...
Theo Dixon of Wilberforce Chambers considers a recent PO determination on the extent to which an employer must consider additional...


You say potato...
James McCreath looks at the different approaches adopted by the Court of Appeal to the construction of pension scheme documents and...


Jurisdiction of FTT: Penalty notice review
Ram Lakshman of Wilberforce Chambers considers a recent First Trier Tribunal decision providing guidance on its jurisdiction to review...