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United Kingdom Supreme Court rules on setting aside trustee decisions

  • Dentons
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 16 2013

In a historic judgment, a special seven member Supreme Court has clarified two grounds on which the courts may set aside trustee decisions. These

Pensions: the agenda for 2013

  • Dentons
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 16 2013

2012 was a challenging year for pensions professionals. It included litigation on the extent of the Pensions Regulator's (TPR) anti-avoidance powers

UK pensions: summer round-up

  • Dentons
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 11 2012

This summer has seen several pension issues making the news

Government Actuary’s Department is administrator

  • Dentons
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • 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

Court clarifies pension rights on business transfer

  • Dentons
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 31 2012

Doubts over what pension liabilities transfer to a buyerprovider are a complicating factor in business sales and outsourcings

Ill health early retirements: how to get it right

  • Dentons
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 16 2012

The recent High Court case of Hughes v. Woolworths Group Pension Trustee Ltd 2012 EWHC 905 (Ch) provides a number of useful pointers for employers and trustees on how to handle ill health pension applications

US Federal court clarifies non-us parent corporation pension liability

  • Dentons
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2012

The recent case of Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. Asahi Tec Corporation No. 10-1936 (ABJ) March 14 2012 in the US Federal courts has raised the unexpected risk that a non-US parent company of an insolvent US subsidiary could find itself liable for the deficit in the subsidiary’s pension scheme solely on the basis of its ownership interest in the subsidiary at the date the scheme is terminated

Bankruptcy: when can creditors access pension funds?

  • Dentons
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 11 2012

The High Court has recently considered whether a bankrupt individual of pensionable age can be forced to draw his pension to pay his creditors

Employer debt timing the calculation

  • Dentons
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 26 2012

Pension scheme assets can rise and fall

Important lessons for charities and their pension schemes

  • Dentons
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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 2 2012

The High Court has released details of its decision that the Wedgwood Museum’s collection may be sold to meet the museum's debt to the Wedgwood Pension Scheme