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Government Actuary’s Department is administrator

Dentons
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United Kingdom
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June 27 2012

The High Court has decided the Government Actuary’s Department (GAD) is a scheme administrator and may be liable for acts of maladministration

Courts hold move to CPI is lawful

Wragge & Co LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 5 2012

What have the courts been looking at?

Indexation: lawful index switch and potential scrapping

Mayer Brown LLP
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United Kingdom
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February 17 2012

Following a challenge brought by a number of unions, the High Court ruled in December 2011 that the Government had acted lawfully in deciding to increase public sector pensions in line with the Consumer Prices Index (“CPI”) rather than the Retail Prices Index (“RPI”

Public sector pensions lead to public and private sectors strikes can you stop it?

Wragge & Co LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 19 2011

An employer has a contract with its employees

Expected future changes

Morton Fraser
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United Kingdom
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October 4 2011

Various proposals for reform of employment law are currently the subject of Government consultation

Reduction of benefits payable under Civil Service Compensation Scheme did not breach civil servants' ECHR property rights

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 5 2011

In another of a line of recent cases arising from decisions on the allocation of resources following the Government's spending review, the High Court has rejected a judicial review challenge to amendments made to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme

Unfair dismissal and pension loss

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 18 2010

The case illustrates the approach to be followed by a tribunal when using the Guidance to Tribunals on Assessment on Compensation for Pension Loss in making the decision as to whether it is a simplified the substantial loss approach which should be followed

Backdating ill-health benefits

Nabarro LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 29 2009

In the case of Hamilton -v- Monmouthshire County Council the High Court upheld a determination of the Deputy Pensions Ombudsman that ill-health benefits from the Local Government Pension Scheme could not usually be backdated to a date earlier than the date of the member's election for a pension

Age discrimination and pensions

Kennedys
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United Kingdom
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August 1 2008

Dismissing an employee to avoid a liability for enhanced pension rights was found to be direct discrimination on the grounds of age in the recent employment tribunal case of Wooster v London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Court of Appeal rejects government appeal against maladministration finding

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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United Kingdom
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February 11 2008

The Court of Appeal has agreed with the High Court decision that the government should abide by some of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s findings that the government was guilty of maladministration to members of defined benefit pension schemes

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