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Pension schemes as super-creditors: Court of Appeal rules in Nortel and Lehman Brothers

Nabarro LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 29 2011

This appeal was brought by the insolvency practitioners dealing with the Nortel and Lehman Brothers companies

Incomplete scheme amendment: High Court offers a lifeline

Nabarro LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 29 2011

There have been a number of recent cases where the courts have been very strict in requiring trustees and employers to follow the procedural requirements of the scheme’s amendment power to the letter

Pensions ombudsman: reminded of his investigative powers

Nabarro LLP
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United Kingdom
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July 28 2011

The court system in England and Wales is generally adversarial rather than inquisitorial meaning that if a party wants a point considered by the court the onus is on him to raise the issue himself (or to rely on his lawyer to do so on his behalf

Stop press: Supreme Court rules on meaning of “money purchase scheme”

Nabarro LLP
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United Kingdom
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July 28 2011

The Supreme Court has thrown the DWP into a summer spin with its judgment in the case of Houldsworth v Bridge Trustees 2011 UKSC 42

Employer entitled to act in its own interests: Prudential pensioners fail in claim for inflation-proofing

Nabarro LLP
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United Kingdom
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May 25 2011

The High Court has given judgment in the Prudential case concerning a decision to change the basis of future pension increases

Overturning trustee decisions: after Hastings-Bass

Nabarro LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 25 2011

Those attempting to reverse a decision of trustees have, since 1975, invoked "the rule in Hastings-Bass"

Ineffective equalisation: the importance of the power of amendment

Nabarro LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 25 2011

A cautionary tale from the High Court concerning a failed equalisation in the Sea Containers Scheme - and an attempt to avoid the strict requirements of the amendment power

Sex based annuity rates: outlawed from December 2012

Nabarro LLP
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European Union, United Kingdom
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March 25 2011

The Court of Justice of the European Union has followed the Opinion of the Advocate-General in the case of Test-Achats (reported in the October 2010 Pensions update) and concluded that the current derogation from the requirement not to discriminate on the grounds of sex in relation to insurance premiums is to be removed from 21 December 2012

Contribution Notices: legal challenge to the first CN

Nabarro LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 28 2011

In the July Pensions update we reported on the decision of the Determinations Panel of the Pensions Regulator to issue the first ever Contribution Notice (CN

Settlement of claims: role of the PPF

Nabarro LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 28 2011

The recent High Court decision in Capita v Zurkinskas is the latest stage in the long running Sea Containers case