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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


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


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


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


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


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


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


The pro-rating of pensions increases
Paul Newman KC considers whether the pro-rating of annual non-statutory increases to pensions in payment for only part of a year can be...

Paul Newman KC
Apr 25, 20241 min read


CA upholds validity of McCloud costs directions
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by two trade unions in R (The British Medical Association) v HM Treasury [2024] EWCA Civ 355....

Paul Newman KC
Apr 19, 20241 min read


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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