Paul Newman KC looks at the recent High Court approval of a compromise in the long-running saga involving the Places for People Group Retirement Benefit Scheme, which contains a useful explanation of the approach to be taken by the Court in approving the settlement of a complex set of pensions issues.

Allison Wu of Wilberforce Chambers looks at Brambles Administration Ltd v Harvey , an appeal from a Pensions Ombudsman determination involving pension liberation which considers the time limits for bringing complaints, the test for dishonesty and contributory negligence. To read the article, click on the pdf below.

Paul Newman KC looks at a very recent DPO determination on the scope of an occupational scheme trustee’s due diligence duties in respect of a non-statutory transfer made under the rules of the scheme. To read the article, click on the pdf below.

Paul Newman KC considers the recent High Court decision in 3i PLC v Decesare , in which a fetter in a scheme amendment power which prohibited changes diminishing the accrued rights or interests  of members was held not to protect members’ future service rights. To read the article, click on the pdf below.

Edward Sawyer of Wilberforce Chambers considers a recent determination of the Deputy Pensions Ombudsman on a pension transfer claim, deciding that scheme trustees owed no general duty to undertake due diligence on behalf of the transferring member, and declining to follow the High Court’s decision in Hughes v Royal London . To read the article, click on the pdf below.

Naomi Kilcoyne of Wilberforce Chambers looks at KO UK Pension Trustees v Barker , in which the High Court recently authorised the unlocking of surplus assets in the Coca-Cola pension scheme. To read the article, click on the pdf below.

Paul Newman KC looks at a recent High Court case dealing with further issues arising from the enforcement of judgment debts against...

James Walmsley of Wilberforce Chambers discusses a recent appeal from a PO determination concerning the “static” versus the “dynamic”...

Edward Sawyer of Wilberforce Chambers considers a recent determination on the British Steel Pension Scheme, in which the PO set out his...

Paul Newman KC looks at a recent Ombudsman decision on the legality of suspending/terminating a spouse’s pension on...

Oliver Hilton of Radcliffe Chambers explains how the process for allowing appeals by consent has been recently applied to a determination...

Paul Newman KC looks at a recent High Court decision applying the corrective construction principle to remove an anomaly in the drafting...

Paul Newman KC looks at a recent case in which a High Court claim was struck out on the basis that it sought to raise the same issue...

Theo Dixon of Wilberforce Chambers considers a recent PO determination on the extent to which an employer must consider additional...

Ram Lakshman of Wilberforce Chambers considers a recent First Trier Tribunal decision providing guidance on its jurisdiction to review...

Michael Ashdown of Wilberforce Chambers considers the recent Supreme Court case of National Union of Rail &c v Tyne and Wear Passenger...

Paul Newman KC examines a recent High Court decision on the test for financial dependency in a claim for death benefits under the LGPS....

Thomas Robinson of Wilberforce Chambers looks at an important new Court of Appeal case which has struck down the practice of requiring...

Paul Newman KC considers a case in which pension scheme amendments were rectified to overcome the failure of a trustee to sign the...

Paul Newman KC looks at Lefort v HMRC , in which the FTT has controversially refused to follow an earlier FTT decision on whether a...