Category: pensions

Copple and others v Littlewoods plc and others – WLR Daily

Posted November 10th, 2011 in appeals, equal pay, law reports, pensions, sex discrimination by sally

Copple and others v Littlewoods plc and others [2011] EWCA Civ 1281; [2011] WLR (D) 319

“Where an employer’s pension scheme indirectly discriminated against part-timers on the ground of sex by denying them access to the scheme, a female part-time worker was not entitled to any remedy arising from her exclusion from the scheme if she would not in fact have chosen to join the scheme even if she had been eligible to do so.”

WLR Daily, 8th November 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Pensions Act 2011

Posted November 4th, 2011 in legislation, pensions by tracey

Pensions Act 2011 published

Full text of Act

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Landmark pension High Court case: commentary – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 26th, 2011 in budgets, indexation, news, pensions, trade unions by sally

“A High Court test case has been launched to tackle the ‘biggest robbery’ from the pension payouts to British pensioners, unions have claimed. The head of Britain’s largest civil service union sets out the case against the change in pension indexation from the retail price index to the consumer price index.”

Full story

Daily Telegraph, 25th October 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Unions launch pensions legal challenge – The Independent

Posted October 24th, 2011 in indexation, news, pensions, trade unions by sally

“Public-sector unions will today open up a new front in their battle with the Government over pension reform with a legal challenge to recently introduced rules over the way annual increases are calculated.”

Full story

The Independent, 24th October 2011

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Landmark pensions ruling upheld – The Independent

Posted October 14th, 2011 in insolvency, news, pensions by tracey

“The Court of Appeal has upheld a landmark ruling that gives priority to company pensioners – ahead of creditor banks and bondholders – when those companies become insolvent.”

Full story

The Independent, 14th October 2011

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Ministers delay state pension rise to 66 to help women – BBC News

Posted October 13th, 2011 in news, pensions, women by tracey

“Plans to raise the state pension age to 66 in 2020 will be delayed by six months to address concerns thousands of women will be unfairly disadvantaged.”

Full story

BBC News, 13th October 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Employer must not rely blindly on medical advisers when deciding if an employee is eligible for ill-health benefits, ombudsman says – OUT-LAW.com

Posted October 10th, 2011 in disabled persons, employment, news, pensions by sally

“An employer cannot rely ‘blindly’ on its medical advisers when deciding if an employee is eligible for an ill-health early retirement pension, the pensions watchdog has said.”

Full story

OUT-LAW.com, 10th October 2011

Source: www.out-law.com

New rules set pension protection levy at reduced level for next three years – OUT-LAW.com

Posted September 23rd, 2011 in compensation, insolvency, news, pensions by tracey

“The levy paid into a special fund by pension schemes to pay compensation to their members should the scheme go insolvent has been reduced for the next three years, the fund organisers have announced.”

Full story

OUT-LAW.com, 23rd September 2011

Source: www.out-law.com

Civil service unions lose High Court challenge over reduced benefits – The Guardian

Posted August 10th, 2011 in civil servants, judicial review, news, pensions, redundancy, trade unions by sally

“The two largest civil service unions have lost their High Court challenge to a scheme that will reduce benefits paid to members on redundancy and early retirement.”

Full story

The Guardian, 10th August 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Bridge Trustees Ltd v Yates and others (Secretary of State for Work and Pensions intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted August 1st, 2011 in law reports, pensions, winding up by tracey

Bridge Trustees Ltd v Yates and others (Secretary of State for Work and Pensions intervening) [2011] UKSC 42;  [2011] WLR (D)  267

“Equilibrium of assets and liabilities was not a requirement of the definition of a money purchase pension scheme under section 181 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993.”

WLR Daily, 27th July 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Bereaved husband claims sex discrimination over NHS pension – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 29th, 2011 in doctors, news, pensions, sex discrimination by tracey

“The bereaved husband of a doctor has undertaken a legal test case claiming sex discrimination because he is receiving a smaller NHS pension than if he were a widow.”

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Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Wilberforce silk fails to win over Supreme Court in pensions case – The Lawyer

Posted July 28th, 2011 in judgments, law reports, legislation, pensions, Supreme Court by tracey

“The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to redraft pensions legislation after defeat in a key pensions case in the Supreme Court this morning.”

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The Lawyer, 27th July 2011

Source: www.thelawyer.com

Gurkhas take pension battle to ECHR – The Independent

Posted June 21st, 2011 in armed forces, Gurkhas, human rights, news, pensions by sally

“British Gurkhas are taking their battle for equal pension rights to the European Court of Human Rights, it was announced today.”

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The Independent, 20th June 2011

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Police federation speech – Speech by Theresa May

Posted May 19th, 2011 in pensions, police, remuneration, speeches by tracey

“The Home Secretary delivered this speech at the Police Federation Conference 2011 on 18 May, 2011.”

Full speech

Home Office, 17th May 2011

Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Pension rights for gay couples in civil partnerships should match those for married straight couples, EU court rules – OUT-LAW.com

Posted May 12th, 2011 in civil partnerships, EC law, news, pensions, sexual orientation discrimination by sally

“Couples in civil partnerships should have the same pension rights as married couples according to the European Court of Justice, backing the approach already taken in the UK.”

Full story

OUT-LAW.com, 11th May 2011

Source: www.out-law.com

Public sector workers launch legal challenge to pension reforms – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 18th, 2011 in judicial review, news, pensions by sally

“Public sector workers have launched a legal challenge in the High Count to prevent changes to their gold-plated pensions.”

Full story

Daily Telegraph, 16th April 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Owens v Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council – WLR Daily

Posted April 4th, 2011 in appeals, law reports, local government, pensions, teachers by sally

Owens v Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council [2011] EWCA Civ 359; [2011] WLR (D) 120

“Where the pension entitlement of an employee seeking a teachers’ pension was being determined and the term ‘teacher’ had not been defined by the legislature the word was to be construed in accordance with its natural meaning.”

WLR Daily, 31st March 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

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Patmalniece v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (AIRE Centre intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted March 21st, 2011 in domicile, EC law, law reports, pensions, social security by sally

Patmalniece v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (AIRE Centre intervening) [2011] UKSC 11; [2011] WLR (D) 91

“The conditions for entitlement to state pension credit, which included a requirement that a claimant had a right to reside in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, constituted indirect discrimination against nationals of other European Union member states which was, however, justified by the legitimate aim of protecting the resources of the United Kingdom against benefit or social tourism by those who were not economically or socially integrated with the country.”

WLR Daily, 16th March 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

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Casteels v British Airways plc – WLR Daily

Posted March 14th, 2011 in EC law, freedom of movement, law reports, pensions, social security by sally
“Article 48FEU of the FEU Treaty, concerning the adoption of measures in the field of social security, could not be relied on by an individual against his private sector employer in a dispute before a national court. In the context of the mandatory application of a collective labour agreement, article 45FEU of the FEU Treaty precluded the non-inclusion of years of service completed by a worker for the same employer in different member states in the calculation of the period for the acquisition of definitive entitlements to supplementary pension benefits.”
WLR Daily, 11th March 2011
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Association belge des Consommateurs Test-Achats ASBL and others v Conseil des ministres – WLR Daily

Posted March 3rd, 2011 in EC law, insurance, law reports, pensions, sex discrimination by sally

Association belge des Consommateurs Test-Achats ASBL and others v Conseil des ministres (Case C-236/09); [2011] WLR (D) 67

“Article 5(2) of Council Directive 2004/113/EC was invalid with effect from 21 December 2012 since it permitted European Union law and consequently member states’ laws, to derogate from the principle of equal treatment of men and women, guaranteed by articles 21 and 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, without temporal limitation.”

WLR Daily, 2nd March 2011

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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