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The Pensions Trust litigation: What's it all about?
Paul Newman KC explains the issues arising in the recent The Pensions Trust trial, which will be of general interest to the profession....

Paul Newman KC
Apr 31 min read
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Pensions Barrister returns from short sabbatical... Valuing assets held by SIPPS: UT substantially dismisses appeal
In Morgan Lloyd Trustees Ltd v HMRC [2025] UKUT 102 (TCC), UT substantially dismissed an appeal from the FTT’s decision (a note on which...

Paul Newman KC
Mar 311 min read
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High Court approves merger of schemes in winding-up
In Arcadia Group Pension Trust Ltd v Smith [2025] EWHC 11 (Ch), Master Marsh (sitting in retirement) has approved the merger of the Staff...

Paul Newman KC
Feb 31 min read
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Pensions Barrister is on a short sabbatical
As many of you know, the High Court is due in February to begin hearing a 6-week trial on a major case involving The Pensions Trust,...

Paul Newman KC
Jan 161 min read
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Can the Pensions Ombudsman rectify documents?
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
Jan 91 min read
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CA issues guidance on non-party access to UT documents
In Moss v Upper Tribunal & ors  [2024] EWCA Civ 1414, the CA issued guidance to be followed when dealing with a request by a non-party...

Paul Newman KC
Jan 62 min read
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Police Pension Scheme: Court holds multiple referrals for ill-health early retirement possible
In Major v Chief Constable of Essex Police [2024] EWHC 3290 (Admin), the claimant, who was a member of the Police Pension Scheme,...

Paul Newman KC
Jan 62 min read
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Merry Christmas from Pensions Barrister...
...and a Happy New Year. Visit us again in 2025 for more pensions content! The Pensions Barrister Team.

Paul Newman KC
Dec 20, 20241 min read
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"It all happened so long ago...": the sequel
In the second part of his article on the use of evidence law in pensions cases, Paul Newman KC looks at: the evidence required to rectify...

Paul Newman KC
Dec 19, 20241 min read
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"It all happened so long ago..."
In the first part of a major two-part article on the use of evidence law in pensions cases, Paul Newman KC considers the extent to which...

Paul Newman KC
Dec 12, 20241 min read
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