Recoupment - the view from Singapore
Paul Newman KC looks at a recent case on recoupment from the Singapore High Court, which considers the relationship between the remedy...
Talking Pensions Ep19: James Darbyshire
In the latest episode, recorded in May 2024, Paul talks to James Darbyshire, Chief Counsel at the Financial Services Compensation Scheme....
FTT has no jurisdiction to review HMRC’s decision to refuse Fixed Protection
In Haigh v HMRC [2024] UKFTT 810 (TC), the FTT held that it had no jurisdiction to review HMRC’s decision that the taxpayer was out of...
APL Conference talk on proving actuarial confirmations after Virgin Media
Paul Newman KC will be delivering a paper at the APL Annual Conference in November on problems of evidence and proof in pensions law. The...
Talking Pensions Ep18 - Martin Freeman (part 2)
This is the second part of an interview with pentech guru Martin Freeman, recorded in June 2024. In this part, Martin talks about...
Virgin Media: CA gives no respite
Paul Newman KC has written a casenote on today's decision, in which the CA dismissed the appeal against the judge's decision that the...
Virgin Media appeal rejected
The Court of Appeal has this morning dismissed the appeal in the Virgin Media case, upholding Bacon J’s decision that the effect of s.37...
Remind me about ... tPR's moral hazard powers
In the third of this "Remind me about" series, Oliver Hilton of Radcliffe Chambers looks at tPR's moral hazard powers. The "Remind me...
Virgin Media judgment to be given tomorrow
It is reported on the daily cause list that the Court of Appeal will hand down judgment in the Virgin Media case at 10.30am on Thursday...
BBC English: CA rules on meaning of "interests"
Joseph Steadman, who appeared as counsel for the trustee, considers the Court of Appeal’s decision in British Broadcasting Corporation v...
New Pension Schemes Bill to declare Ombudsman a “competent court”
The Pension Schemes Bill announced in today’s King’s Speech will, amongst other things, declare the Pensions Ombudsman to be a “competent...