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Defined benefit schemes should not have to pay VAT on investment management services NAPF and HMRC take dispute to ECJ
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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- European Union, United Kingdom
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- April 4 2011
HMRC and the National Association of Pension Funds have referred a two-year legal dispute over whether DB schemes should have to pay VAT on investment management services to the European Court of Justice
Use of gender related factors: Government issues its statement on the Test-Achats case
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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- European Union, United Kingdom
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- August 5 2011
In March 2011, we reported on the European Court of Justice decision in the Test-Achats case, that from 21 December 2012 insurers would no longer be allowed to use gender-related factors in determining premiums and benefits in insurance contracts
ECJ upholds legitimate justification for mandatory retirement age
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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- European Union, United Kingdom
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- October 3 2011
Discrimination is normally only allowed under European law where the discriminatory measure can be objectively justified; this means showing that the measure is an 'appropriate and necessary' way of achieving a legitimate aim
