The long-running saga involving the Places for People Group Retirement Benefit Scheme has finally come to an end with the High Court this afternoon approving a compromise of all the issues relating to the validity and rectification of scheme documents, following a two-day hearing. Although the judgment of Richards J makes no new law, it contains useful summaries of the approach to be taken by the Court in approving a compromise in the pensions context, and of the law on recti

Pensions Barrister is off to do the Christmas shopping and eat mince pies and will be back in the New Year with more content! Many thanks to all of our readers for your support in 2025.

Allison Wu of Wilberforce Chambers looks at Brambles Administration Ltd v Harvey , an appeal from a Pensions Ombudsman determination involving pension liberation which considers the time limits for bringing complaints, the test for dishonesty and contributory negligence. To read the article, click on the pdf below.

Paul Newman KC looks at a very recent DPO determination on the scope of an occupational scheme trustee’s due diligence duties in respect of a non-statutory transfer made under the rules of the scheme. To read the article, click on the pdf below.

New amendments have today been tabled to the Pension Schemes Bill, including changes made by the Secretary of State to the clauses which remedy the problems caused by Virgin Media decision. Most of those changes are relatively minor. The only three of any substance are: Gov 58, which amends the definition of “positive action” that will trigger the exclusion of the scheme from the remedial provisions, so that any step taken by the scheme trustees or managers to alter benefit p