David Pollard
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Articles
Employers not liable for rogue employees’ data breach - UK Supreme Court
United Kingdom - April 1 2020 The Supreme Court has held today that employers are not liable for data breaches committed by rogue employees who are acting outside the course of…
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…
Alison Wai Chi Chung, Dawn Heath, Charles Magoffin, Andrew Murphy, Tharusha Rajapakse
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…
Alison Wai Chi Chung, Dawn Heath, Charles Magoffin, Andrew Murphy
Moral hazard powers of the Pensions Regulator: how do they apply against a company in insolvency?
United Kingdom - August 1 2016 Third parties associated with an employer may find themselves liable to contribute to the employer's occupational pension scheme. Where a pension…
TPR's moral hazard powers: judicial guidance on contribution notices
United Kingdom - August 1 2016 The Upper Tribunal's tax and chancery chamber has ruled that a contribution notice should compensate the pension scheme for detriment suffered. It…
