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The discovery of mistakes in pension scheme documents is as common as it is potentially serious for the administration of the scheme and for the sponsoring employer. The large sums invested in pension schemes mean that such mistakes are often very costly indeed.

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Talking Pensions Ep25 talks investment fraud

In a special edition of Talking Pensions (recorded in November 2025), Paul talks to Carly Barnes-Short and Sue Flood (pictured below), who are members of the Advisory Panel to the Parliamentary Investment Fraud Committee. They discuss the impact of pension and investment fraud on victims and on the changes to law and regulation that are needed to make the system work better. To read a transcript of this podcast, click on the pdf below.

Pension transfer claims: the saga continues

Edward Sawyer of Wilberforce Chambers considers a recent determination of the Deputy Pensions Ombudsman on a pension transfer claim, deciding that scheme trustees owed no general duty to undertake due diligence on behalf of the transferring member, and declining to follow the High Court’s decision in Hughes v Royal London . To read the article, click on the pdf below.

Bursting the Bubble

Naomi Kilcoyne of Wilberforce Chambers looks at KO UK Pension Trustees v Barker , in which the High Court recently authorised the unlocking of surplus assets in the Coca-Cola pension scheme. To read the article, click on the pdf below.

Investment duty amendment tabled to pension Bill

An amendment to the Pension Schemes Bill has today been tabled by the Chair of the Business and Trade Committee which seeks to add to the matters which pension scheme trustees and managers can take into account when selecting investments. Those matters are: “system-level considerations”, defined as risks and opportunities that cannot be fully managed through diversification alone and which arise from sector-level circumstances, including environmental or social matters; t

Ep24 - Robin Ellison

In this episode (recorded in June 2025), Paul talks to pensions law legend Robin Ellison about his legal career, his role in establishing Perspective and in the College of Lawmakers, and his views on the Pension Schemes Bill. To view a transcript of the podcast, click on the pdf below.