High court decision in Bradbury v BBC: contractual amendments and good faith? *

United Kingdom - May 24 2012
Recent High Court decisions have shed further light on the extent to which rights under occupational pension schemes transfer under the TUPE legislation and the ability of employers to impose caps on increases to pensionable pay through contractual arrangements with employees.

Co-authors: Philip Goodchild, Fraser Sparks.

Pitfa11s: annual allowance reduced by £205,000 – the impact on pension schemes *

United Kingdom - December 14 2011
The Finance Act 2011 has left pension savers significantly more vulnerable to annual allowance charges.

Co-authors: Alex Rush.

Pensions Act 2011 now in effect *

United Kingdom - November 8 2011
A recent case in the Supreme Court, Houldsworth and another v Bridge Trustees Ltd and another 2011, held that the current definition of a money purchase scheme under section 181 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (PSA) does not require the scheme's assets to be equal to its liabilities.

Co-authors: Philip Goodchild, Fraser Sparks.