Following its promise in June 2025 to legislate to relieve pension schemes from the effects of the Virgin Media decision, the government...

The PO has issued a determination of a complaint that the trustee of the British Steel Pension Scheme failed to carry out sufficient due...

By contrast to UK law, Irish law does not restrict the right of a solvent employer of a DB scheme to terminate its contribution liability...

We are off to eat ice cream and catch some sun. Best holiday wishes to all our readers - Pensions Barrister will be back with more...

In this special edition of Talking Pensions, our Assistant Editor talks to ChatGPT ("Gip") about the role of AI, its potential in law and...

In Pelgrave v The Pensions Regulator [2025] UKUT 257 (TCC), the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) upheld the issue of a...

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

Paul Newman KC gives some tips for how AI can help with written advocacy in pensions litigation. To read the article, click on the pdf...

Jennifer Seaman of Wilberforce Chambers looks at different ways in which a trapped surplus may be extracted during the winding-up of a...

In this episode (recorded in June 2025), Paul talks to Margaret Snowdon OBE, Chair of the Pension Scams Industry Group and former...