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Pension crimes, fines and insolvency practitioners
David Pollard of Wilberforce Chambers has written an article about the relevance of the recent Supreme Court decision in R (Palmer) - in...

Paul Newman KC
Apr 18, 20241 min read
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Avon Cosmetics: a critical analysis
Naomi Ling of Outer Temple Chambers has provided a critical analysis of the recent Avon Cosmetics decision. To read the article, click on...

Paul Newman KC
Mar 21, 20241 min read
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Historic discrimination and pension schemes
Claire Darwin KC of Matrix Chambers has written an article about pensions and age discrimination law in light of the recent Newell...

Paul Newman KC
Mar 14, 20241 min read
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Climate Change and Investment Duties: a Prisoner's Dilemma?
James McCreath of Wilberforce Chambers comments on the recent FMLC report on pension trustees and fiduciary duties. To read the article,...

Paul Newman KC
Feb 29, 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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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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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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Talking Pensions Ep 11 - Talking PPF
In the latest episode of Talking Pensions, Paul talks to Miriam Kimber, Director of Legal at the PPF, about her role in the organisation...

Paul Newman KC
Nov 2, 20231 min read
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Under Construction
In this article, Paul Newman KC considers the rules for interpretation of pension scheme documents, with reference to the relevance of...

Paul Newman KC
Oct 19, 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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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 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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Electronic execution of documents
Joseph Steadman has written an article about the signing and witnessing of documents electronically, and considers where the law has got...

Paul Newman KC
Jul 6, 20231 min read
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Claims against pension trustees and limitation
Paul Newman KC takes a close look at how claims against pension scheme trustees may be affected by the Limitation Act 1980. Click below...

Paul Newman KC
Jun 15, 20231 min read
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The nature of a member's occupational pension rights
Paul Newman KC and Emily Campbell go back to first principles in this article which grapples with the fundamental question of the nature...

Paul Newman KC
May 25, 20231 min read
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Pensions law and the Sequana decision
In this article, Tom Robinson considers the lessons that the 2022 Supreme Court decision in BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana has for pension...

Paul Newman KC
May 18, 20231 min read
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Offering Sharia-compliant occupational pensions
Lydia Seymour discusses the important and topical question of whether there is an obligation to offer Sharia-compliant pension schemes....

Paul Newman KC
May 4, 20231 min read
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Registration and approval issues
Paul Newman KC has written an article about certain less well-known issues regarding registration/approval in pension schemes. In this...

Paul Newman KC
Apr 27, 20231 min read
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Lawyers! Know your converse from your contrapositive!
In a stirring article to mark her transition after 27 years from the self-employed to the employed Bar, our Commissioning Editor, Emily...

Paul Newman KC
Mar 26, 20231 min read
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Judicial review and pensions
Patrick Halliday of 11KBW Chambers looks at judicial review in the context of pension disputes, some recent examples in the caselaw,...

Paul Newman KC
Mar 9, 20231 min read
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