‘An inquiry is to be launched into the UK’s 6,000 occupational pension schemes after question marks about the future of the BHS and British Steel schemes.’
BBC News, 30th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Penal charges applying to people who want to access their retirement savings are to be banned by the City watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th May 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Queen has announced the government’s legislation for the year ahead, at the state opening of Parliament. Here is a bill-by-bill guide to what is in the 2016 Queen’s Speech.’
BBC News, 18th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The chancellor has been warned that gaps in existing pension laws “could put the retirement savings of many thousands of people at risk”.’
BBC News, 7th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘George Osborne’s decision to impose a £10,000 tax-free cap on pension contributions is deterring well-paid lawyers from becoming judges, the lord chief justice has said.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Following the introduction of the National Living Wage and unwelcome increases to council tax, today sees another wave of new laws come into force in the UK.’
The Independent, 6th April 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A major review of new pension freedoms announced by George Osborne last year is to be carried out by the Financial Conduct Authority amid fears of mis-selling.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th April 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘April 2016 is a month of big changes for people living and working in the UK. A number of new laws and policies are coming into force, affecting just about everyone from public sector workers to dog owners. Here’s what the new laws could mean for you.’
The Independent, 3rd April 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Serial killer Harold Shipman timed his suicide so his wife could cash in a £100,000 pension payout, according to secret prison records. ‘
The Independent, 20th March 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A new law is needed to protect workers’ savings held by companies that provide auto-enrolment pension schemes, a minister has said.’
BBC News, 9th March 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Official guidance covering the use of the High Court’s Chancery division has been updated to include specific provision for pensions litigation for the first time. Pensions litigation claims can involve hundreds of millions of pounds and affect thousands of individuals.’
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd March 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘In ancillary relief litigation, whose responsibility is it to quantify the value of future pension benefits and their non-pension substitutes if offsetting is being considered? What method should be applied to any comparison of pension and non-pension assets?’
Tanfield Chambers, 16th February 2016
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
‘A run of recent decisions shows the “increasingly pragmatic approach” that the courts in England are adopting when faced with applications to fix mistakes in pension scheme deeds, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 9th February 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The High Court has taken the unusual step of publishing a short judgment which sets out how pension scheme trustees can use an administrative procedure to correct errors in the scheme rules in a cost effective way.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th January 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The High Court has taken the unusual step of publishing a short judgment which sets out how pension scheme trustees can use an administrative procedure to correct errors in the scheme rules in a cost effective way.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th January 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The eligibility of peripatetic workers for automatic enrolment onto workplace pension schemes in Great Britain depends on where the worker is based and not on what is set out in the worker’s contract, the High Court has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th January 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Money advanced in the form of a “loan” to the member of a so-called ‘pension liberation’ scheme was a “payment” for the purposes of the tax rules, and therefore subject to a 40% income tax charge and additional surcharge, a tax tribunal has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th January 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
In re BCA Pension Plan: [2015] EWHC 3492 (Ch); [2015] WLR (D) 502
‘Where the court made an order under section 48 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 which directly related to the level of benefits that would be payable to members of a pension scheme, members should be told of the order unless there were compelling reasons to the contrary.’
WLR Daily, 2nd December 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The City watchdog has begun its first official probe into rip-off charges on new flexible “bank account” pensions over fears they are depriving pensioners of hundreds of pounds a year.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th November 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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