Paul Newman KC considers the government’s proposals for the future of pension trustees set out in a recent DWP consultation paper, and asks whether it spells the end for the traditional lay trustee governance structure. To read the article, click on the pdf below.

Paul Newman KC considers the legal issues faced by trustees and actuaries when making and responding to requests for confirmation under the remedial provisions in the Pension Schemes Bill. To read the article, click on the pdf below.

Thomas Seymour concludes his personal reflections on pensions law and practice by considering how the Courts have dealt over time with scheme amendment powers. To read the article, click on the pdf below.

Thomas Seymour was called to the Bar in 1975. In this article, he reflects on his long experience as a pensions practitioner and comments on the legislative and judicial approaches to DB schemes during that time. To read the article, click on the pdf below.

Zara Yusuf, of Three Stone Chambers, considers the recent Ombudsman determinations on the scope of the trustees’ responsibility for statutory transfers of pension benefits, and asks whether the approach adopted is overly restrictive. To read the article, click on the pdf below.

Samuel Fulda and Eoin O’Shea of CMS ask whether it is time for trustees and scheme employers to implement sanctions screening into their pension scheme administration. To read the article, click on the pdf below.

Paul Newman KC gives some tips for how AI can help with written advocacy in pensions litigation. To read the article, click on the pdf...

Jennifer Seaman of Wilberforce Chambers looks at different ways in which a trapped surplus may be extracted during the winding-up of a...

Edward Sawyer of Wilberforce Chambers revisits s 37/reg 42 and the Virgin Media litigation, describing the main s 37/reg 42 issues...

Against the backdrop of the Verity Trustees litigation, James McCreath of Wilberforce Chambers considers the conditions applicable to...

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

In the centenary year of the Trustee Act 1925, Paul Newman KC looks at the advertisement provisions of s.27, and asks whether it has any...

Paul Newman KC explains the issues arising in the recent The Pensions Trust trial, which will be of general interest to the profession....

In the second part of his article on the use of evidence law in pensions cases, Paul Newman KC looks at: the evidence required to rectify...

In the first part of a major two-part article on the use of evidence law in pensions cases, Paul Newman KC considers the extent to which...

Ram Lakshman considers whether the Chancellor’s proposals to encourage (or mandate) British pension schemes to invest in British...

This week, Paul Newman KC looks at the problems that arise when small self-administered schemes holding commercial property need to...

Philip Simpson KC and Rebecca Sheldon of Old Square Tax Chambers have written an article on the new lump sum rules, and in particular the...

Paul Newman KC considers whether the pro-rating of annual non-statutory increases to pensions in payment for only part of a year can be...

David Pollard of Wilberforce Chambers has written an article about the relevance of the recent Supreme Court decision in R (Palmer) - in...