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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...
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...
The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court’s decision, confirming that an application from a trustee in bankruptcy for access to a bankrupt’s pensions which were not yet in payment should be rejected. Background Income Payments...
The Pensions Ombudsman has published its first determination of a case relating to “pension liberation” or “pension scams”. The case concerns an individual who was persuaded to transfer out of their employer’s pension scheme and...
The Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the joined cases of Futter v Futter and Pitt v Holt on 9 May 2013. These cases are important for the development of trusts law, including pensions. Background The facts of both cases...
This case gives the pensions industry long awaited guidance on the commercial application of the ECJ’s decisions in Beckmann and Martin regarding the transfer of early retirement benefits under the Transfer of Undertakings...
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that section 91 of the Pensions Act 1995 does not prohibit the compromise of a genuine dispute as to whether pension rights in a scheme exist. Background In November 2009, the High Court ruled that a...
