Alison Wai Chi Chung
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Articles
Making changes to pension benefits - the Court of Appeal cuts back the scope of the employer’s duty of trust and confidence in the IBM and Bradbury cases
United Kingdom - August 8 2017 Two very recent Court of Appeal decisions on the employer's duty of trust and confidence will be reassuring to employers who have made, or…
Dawn Heath, Charles Magoffin, Andrew Murphy, David Pollard, Tharusha Rajapakse
Pension rights of same sex partners: equality via judicial intervention
United Kingdom - July 12 2017 Pension schemes that provide the statutory minimum survivor benefits for civil partners and same-sex spouses will need to review their rules in light…
Grace periods and section 75 debts
United Kingdom - August 10 2016 This briefing looks at the “period of grace” provisions that can apply in some cases to the debts that arise on employers under section 75 of the…
Brexit: What does it mean for the regulation of UK pensions?
European Union, United Kingdom - June 27 2016 Following the vote to 'leave' in the EU referendum on 23 June 2016, the UK voted to exit from the European Union seems to have gathered a lot of…
Incentive exercises: key legal issues
United Kingdom - May 19 2016 Incentive exercises are increasingly used as part of a defined benefit (DB) pension scheme’s liability management. The exercises have also grown in…
