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Unreported decision on calculation of final salary underpins
Paul Newman KC looks at a hitherto unreported 2010 judgment in the IMG case on how to calculate final salary underpins. To read the...

Paul Newman KC
May 30, 20241 min read
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Tribunal upholds tax charge on liberation exercise
In Trachtenberg v The Commissioners for HMRCÂ [2024] UKFTT 376 (TC), the FTT (Tax) has upheld the imposition by HMRC of an unauthorised...

Paul Newman KC
May 28, 20241 min read
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Challenging FOS decisions: the Options case
Paul Newman KC discusses Options UK Personal Pensions LLP v Financial Services Ombudsman Ltd, in which the Court of Appeal dismissed a...

Paul Newman KC
May 23, 20241 min read
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CA dismisses review of FOS decision on SIPP provider
The Court of Appeal in Options UK Personal Pensions LLP v Financial Services Ombudsman Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 541 has dismissed a judicial...

Paul Newman KC
May 20, 20241 min read
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McCloud Costs Directions: BMA v HM Treasury
Edward Sawyer of Wilberforce Chambers discusses the Court of Appeal’s decision in BMA v HM Treasury, which upheld the validity of...

Paul Newman KC
May 16, 20241 min read
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Talking Pensions Ep16: Steve Delo
In the latest episode of Talking Pensions (recorded in March 2024), Paul talks to Steve Delo, Chairman of PAN Trustees. They discuss the...

Paul Newman KC
May 9, 20241 min read
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PO allows retrospective closure of Barber window
In a complaint involving the Avis UK Pension Plan, the Ombudsman considered the retrospective amendment in November 1992 of the Plan’s...

Paul Newman KC
May 8, 20241 min read
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UT considers corporation tax treatment of UURBS
The UT has dismissed an appeal by taxpayer employers, who had made contractual arrangements relating to unfunded unapproved pension...

Paul Newman KC
May 7, 20241 min read
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Lessons from the PO on recoupment and overpayments
Ram Lakshman of Wilberforce Chambers considers the important Pensions Ombudsman determination relating to the BIC UK Pension Scheme,...

Paul Newman KC
May 2, 20241 min read
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PO issues new analysis of defences to recoupment claims
The Pensions Ombudsman has published an important new determination, concerning the Bic UK Pension Scheme, which deals with the defences...

Paul Newman KC
Apr 25, 20241 min read
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