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tPR issues first climate change fine
On 28 September, tPR issued its first climate change reporting fine. tPR fined the ExxonMobil Pension Plan £5,000 for failing to meet new...

Paul Newman KC
Oct 22, 20231 min read


BBC News
At an oral hearing on Friday 15th September, Adam Johnson J granted BBC permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal from his decision in...

Paul Newman KC
Sep 16, 20231 min read


No quantum of solace for in specie contributions
The FTT has rejected another appeal by a scheme administrator against the rejection of relief at source on in specie contributions into a...

Paul Newman KC
Aug 18, 20231 min read


Shah v Pensions Regulator: UT confirms Contribution Notice
On Friday 28 July, the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) published its decision in Shah v The Pensions Regulator [2023] UKUT...

Paul Newman KC
Jul 31, 20231 min read


Judgment in BBC case delivered
Judgment was handed down today in a case involving the BBC pension scheme: BBC v BBC Pension Trust Ltd & anor [2023] EWHC 1965 (Ch). The...

Paul Newman KC
Jul 28, 20231 min read


Satisfying judgment from scheme assets following bankruptcy discharge
Handed down on 26th July, the latest in a long line of cases in which a judgment creditor has sought to enforce their debt from the...

Paul Newman KC
Jul 27, 20233 min read


CA rejects members' application in McGaughey v USS Ltd
The Court of Appeal have today handed down judgment in McGaughey v Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 873. In this...

Paul Newman KC
Jul 21, 20231 min read


Permission to appeal granted in Virgin Media!
Pensions Barrister hears that Bacon J has granted permission to appeal in Virgin Media - so watch this space!

Paul Newman KC
Jul 20, 20231 min read


DWP/HMT call for evidence on pension trustee skills
The DWP, together with HMT, are seeking evidence to assist in developing policy options for improving the skills and capability of...

Paul Newman KC
Jul 20, 20231 min read


High Court rules on section 37
Judgment was handed down today in Virgin Media Ltd v NTL Pension Trustees II Ltd [2023] EWHC 1441 (Ch), which concerns the highly topical...

Paul Newman KC
Jun 16, 20231 min read


The Ark schemes: unauthorised payment charges upheld by FTT
The latest instalment in the saga of the Ark pension schemes has reached the First-Tier Tax Tribunal. These schemes were vehicles for a...

Paul Newman KC
Mar 28, 20231 min read


CA confirms pensions bankruptcy legislation incompatible with EU law
On 16 January, the Court of Appeal in Wilson v McNamara dismissed an appeal against Nugee J’s decision on the trial of a preliminary...

Paul Newman KC
Jan 19, 20231 min read


Court considers fiduciary duties of LGPS administrators
On 4 January, judgment was handed down inThe Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Croydon v Oasis Community Learning. The claim...

Paul Newman KC
Jan 9, 20231 min read
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