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Gowling WLG | United Kingdom | 8 Sep 2020
Following the judgment in Lloyds, trustees, employers and pension professionals awaited guidance from: the Department for Work and Pensions (the…
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Hill Dickinson LLP | European Union | 3 Aug 2020
The Court of Appeal has handed down its decision on the latest in the series of cases relating to the Safeway Pension Scheme: Safeway -v- Newton and…
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Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 14 Feb 2020
Although the UK's exit from the EU on 31 January 2020 has not had an immediate impact on pension law and regulation in the UK, pension scheme sponsors…
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Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Kingdom | 12 Feb 2020
The DWP has tabled amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill, which is currently going through Parliament, which would enable it to add to the…
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Burges Salmon LLP | United Kingdom | 1 Aug 2019
In June The Pensions Regulator published their updated ‘Guide to Investment Governance’ which has been produced to support trustee boards meet the…
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Addleshaw Goddard LLP | European Union, United Kingdom, USA | 3 Jun 2019
In its judgment in Burgess v BIC, the Court of Appeal has held that members had no right to pension increases which had been paid by a scheme for…
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DLA Piper | United Kingdom | 30 May 2019
In April 2015 a requirement was introduced for trustees of schemes which provide money purchase benefits (subject to some exceptions) to prepare an…
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Brodies LLP | United Kingdom | 26 Apr 2019
On 28 March 2019, Advocate General Tanchev gave an Opinion in the case of Safeway Ltd v Newton and another highlighting the need for pension schemes…
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Burges Salmon LLP | United Kingdom | 15 Apr 2019
The court was asked to hear an appeal from the Pensions Ombudsman concerning the annual rate of increases for pensions in payment under a defined…
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Burges Salmon LLP | United Kingdom | 15 Jan 2019
Patient capital is the name given to investments in illiquid assets such as infrastructure, corporate loans and venture capital that aim to deliver…