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TPO has rejected an appeal against an adjudicator’s decision, finding that a provider’s enhanced due diligence checks to verify an overseas member’s identity were not excessive or onerous. Background Money laundering offences were...
Stage 1 – Reach agreement with the employer – as employer consent is needed under the conversion legislation, trustees should agree with the employer that GMP conversion is to be undertaken and the terms on which benefits will be...
The High Court has dismissed a case against directors who were trustees of a pension scheme where the company had claimed they had breached their fiduciary duties, maximising their own pension benefits to the company’s detriment. Facts...
The Court of Appeal (“CA”) has held that the transitional provisions which were put in place as part of reforms to both the Judicial and Firefighters’ Pension Schemes constitute unlawful direct age discrimination. Background McCloud...
Key dates Item Between 30 April 2018 and 31 March 2019 Monthly Experian Scores One calendar month prior to the Score Measurement Date Deadline for submission of data to Experian to impact on PPF-specific Monthly...
Occupational pension schemes may convert GMPs into ordinary scheme benefits, provided five stringent conditions are met. Condition 1: Post-conversion benefits must be “actuarially at least equivalent to the pre-conversion...
Consent Data Controller Data Processor Data Subjects Personal Data Personal Data Breach Processing Special Categories of Personal Data Consent consent of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous...
On 12 July 2017, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of Walker v Innospec Limited. In a landmark ruling, it overturned the Court of Appeal’s 2015 judgment, and unanimously agreed that Mr Walker’s husband should be...
The judge found that the cut-off date, for limitation purposes, for the recovery of overpayments should be the date on which TPO received the scheme’s “Reply” to Mr Webber’s complaint. Background The Limitation Act 1980 provides...
