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PO finds SSAS independent trustee liable for misinvestment
Paul Newman KC has written a casenote about the recent Ombudsman determination in the case of Mr N, in which the independent trustee of a...

Paul Newman KC
Feb 12, 20241 min read
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Newell Trustees Ltd v Newell Rubbermaid UK Services Ltd
Edward Sawyer has written a casenote on the recent Newell decision, which provides a fresh insight into the effect of Courage provisos on...

Paul Newman KC
Feb 5, 20241 min read
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New CPR rule for pensions rectification claims
David E Grant KC, who is a member of the Pensions Litigation Court Users' Committee, has written an article about the proposed change to...

Paul Newman KC
Jan 25, 20241 min read
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Avon calling! ... with the latest word on severance
Paul Newman KC has written a casenote on the recent decision of HH Judge Davis-White KC in Avon Cosmetics Ltd v Dalriada Trustees Ltd &...

Paul Newman KC
Jan 18, 20241 min read
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Lifetime allowance - abolished, but not quite!
Emily Campbell has written an article on the abolition of the lifetime allowance, cataloguing the various materials published since the...

Paul Newman KC
Jan 11, 20241 min read
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Ombudsman overpayment determination
Happy New Year from Pensions Barrister! Paul Newman KC has written a casenote on the Ombudsman's first overpayment determination since...

Paul Newman KC
Jan 4, 20241 min read
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Estoppel & formal invalidity revisited
Paul Newman KC has written a casenote on the recent decision of the High Court in Lendlease Construction (Europe) Ltd v Aecom Ltd, where...

Paul Newman KC
Dec 8, 20231 min read
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Uncontroverted expert reports
Paul Newman KC has written a casenote on the recent decision of the Supreme Court in Tui UK Ltd v Griffith (29 November 2023), which...

Paul Newman KC
Dec 7, 20231 min read
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Loophole in NHS Pensions Regs?
Paul Newman KC has written a casenote on the recent decision of the CA in Campbell v NHS Business Services Authority, in which a member...

Paul Newman KC
Nov 23, 20231 min read
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A Change of Climate for Trustee Investment Duties?
Following the recent fine ordered by tPR in respect of ExxonMobil Pension Plan for breach of the OPS (Climate Change Governance and...

Paul Newman KC
Nov 16, 20231 min read
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The Pensions Ombudsman - competent but not a court
On 1 November, CA appeared to envision a County Court "rubber stamping" procedure for overpayment dispute determinations. "Cui bono?",...

Paul Newman KC
Nov 9, 20231 min read
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Ombudsman decision on overpayment
In this casenote, Paul Newman KC considers the recent decision of the Deputy Pensions Ombudsman in the matter of Mrs S, whose widow's...

Paul Newman KC
Oct 26, 20231 min read
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The Remuneration of Pension Trustees
Robert Ham KC has written an article about two current issues regarding trustee remuneration, namely the 2022 decision of the Court of...

Paul Newman KC
Sep 7, 20231 min read
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Third time lucky: ChD reconsiders failed unopposed rectification claim
A claimant has succeeded in obtaining rectification of a deed of appointment supplemental to a Will - but only on appeal to the Judge...

Paul Newman KC
Aug 24, 20231 min read
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McGaughey v USS Ltd
Edward Sawyer has written a casenote on this decision, which considers derivative actions against directors of a corporate pension...

Paul Newman KC
Aug 17, 20231 min read
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Biting the hand that no longer feeds: the Brass Trustees case
In this casenote, Paul Newman KC considers the recent case of Brass Trustees v Goldstone [2023] EWHC 1978 (Ch), in which the Court...

Paul Newman KC
Aug 14, 20231 min read
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A short story of Dalriada's pursuit of liberators
Confused about all the cases with "Dalriada" in the title? Can't remember where the law has got to with reciprocation schemes? We are...

Paul Newman KC
Aug 10, 20231 min read
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The BBC case & fetters on amendment powers
Joseph Steadman has written a casenote on the recent BBC case, where the Court considered the fetters on a scheme's amendment power in...

Paul Newman KC
Aug 8, 20231 min read
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Distribution of surplus: a Scottish perspective
Paul Newman KC analyses a decision of the Court of Session on the application of surplus on the winding-up of a DB scheme. Using...

Paul Newman KC
Aug 3, 20231 min read
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The omniscient draftsman - the answer to Virgin Media?
Paul Newman KC has written an article on the principles of statutory construction, which might be relevant to the interpretation of a...

Paul Newman KC
Jul 13, 20231 min read
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