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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


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


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


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


Public sector pension schemes
James McCreath of Wilberforce Chambers considers whether authorities administering public sector schemes are trustees, fiduciaries or...

Paul Newman KC
Feb 23, 20231 min read


Repocussions? Legal claims arising out of the LDI liquidity crisis
Paul Newman KC considers leveraged LDIs and repo contracts, the statutory prohibition on borrowing and the possibility of mis-selling...

Paul Newman KC
Feb 16, 20231 min read


Does charity begin at home?
Elizabeth Ovey of Radcliffe Chambers considers certain pension issues facing charities against the backdrop of the recent Hymans...

Paul Newman KC
Feb 9, 20231 min read


Forfeiture and "6 year, no claim" provisions: Part 2
In the second part of this two-part article, Thomas Seymour and Hugh Gittins consider some thorny issues and points for practitioners....

Paul Newman KC
Jan 23, 20231 min read


One lump or two? Flexibility in the IDRP
James Walmsley considers Anthony Arter's preference for a one-stage IDRP as discussed in Talking Pensions Ep1. Click below to download...

Paul Newman KC
Jan 19, 20231 min read


Forfeiture and “6 year, no claim” provisions: Part 1
In the first part of this two-part article, Thomas Seymour and Hugh Gittins consider section 92 of the Pensions Act 1995 in the light of...

Paul Newman KC
Jan 17, 20231 min read


Missing evidence: What Rebekah Vardy and Colleen Rooney can teach pensions litigators
Gus Baker draws on the lessons of Vardy v Rooney and considers how the court might deal with missing evidence in a pensions case. Click...

Paul Newman KC
Jan 9, 20231 min read


Sole independent trustees: The need for continued member involvement
Paul Newman KC discusses a little-known exception in the MNT legislation, whereby an employer can replace the MNTs with an independent...

Paul Newman KC
Jan 9, 20231 min read


Reserved instrument activities
Emily Campbell considers the restrictions on who can prepare deeds and how this relates to pensions industry practice. Click here to...

Paul Newman KC
Jan 9, 20231 min read


Correcting Mistakes In Pension Schemes: An update
Paul Newman KC considers a number of developments concerning issues raised in his book A Practitioner’s Guide to Correcting Mistakes in...

Paul Newman KC
Jan 6, 20231 min read
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