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Paul Newman KC
Dec 51 min read
How not to determine financial dependency
Paul Newman KC examines a recent High Court decision on the test for financial dependency in a claim for death benefits under the LGPS....
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Paul Newman KC
Nov 281 min read
Pensions pots - an asset beyond the reach of creditors?
Thomas Robinson of Wilberforce Chambers looks at an important new Court of Appeal case which has struck down the practice of requiring...
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Paul Newman KC
Nov 71 min read
Rectify your formal defects away!
Paul Newman KC considers a case in which pension scheme amendments were rectified to overcome the failure of a trustee to sign the...
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Paul Newman KC
Oct 311 min read
Mistaken payments and fixed protection
Paul Newman KC looks at Lefort v HMRC , in which the FTT has controversially refused to follow an earlier FTT decision on whether a...
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Paul Newman KC
Oct 171 min read
New from the Ombudsman's office
Paul Newman KC considers two recent determinations of the Deputy Pensions Ombudsman, concerning (amongst other things) the scope of the...
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Paul Newman KC
Oct 101 min read
Recoupment - the view from Singapore
Paul Newman KC looks at a recent case on recoupment from the Singapore High Court, which considers the relationship between the remedy...
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Paul Newman KC
Jul 251 min read
Virgin Media: CA gives no respite
Paul Newman KC has written a casenote on today's decision, in which the CA dismissed the appeal against the judge's decision that the...
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Paul Newman KC
Jul 181 min read
BBC English: CA rules on meaning of "interests"
Joseph Steadman, who appeared as counsel for the trustee, considers the Court of Appeal’s decision in British Broadcasting Corporation v...
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Paul Newman KC
Jul 111 min read
Proving lost deeds: an Australian perspective
Paul Newman KC looks at a recent case illustrating the lengths to which the Australian courts are prepared to go to overcome the...
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Paul Newman KC
Jun 131 min read
Trust me, I'm a dolphin!
Joseph Steadman of Wilberforce Chambers considers McHale v Dunlop, a recent claim for negligence and breach of fiduciary duty, arising...
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Paul Newman KC
May 301 min read
Unreported decision on calculation of final salary underpins
Paul Newman KC looks at a hitherto unreported 2010 judgment in the IMG case on how to calculate final salary underpins. To read the...
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Paul Newman KC
May 231 min read
Challenging FOS decisions: the Options case
Paul Newman KC discusses Options UK Personal Pensions LLP v Financial Services Ombudsman Ltd, in which the Court of Appeal dismissed a...
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Paul Newman KC
May 161 min read
McCloud Costs Directions: BMA v HM Treasury
Edward Sawyer of Wilberforce Chambers discusses the Court of Appeal’s decision in BMA v HM Treasury, which upheld the validity of...
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Paul Newman KC
May 21 min read
Lessons from the PO on recoupment and overpayments
Ram Lakshman of Wilberforce Chambers considers the important Pensions Ombudsman determination relating to the BIC UK Pension Scheme,...
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Paul Newman KC
Apr 111 min read
Recent Ombudsman determinations on pension scams
Paul Newman KC looks at some recent Ombudsman decisions on pensions scams, which illustrate the difficulties for complainants to...
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Paul Newman KC
Feb 261 min read
FTT criticises HMRC de-registration decision
Paul Newman KC has written a casenote on the recent NBC decision (2 February), in which the FTT allowed appeals against de-registration...
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Paul Newman KC
Feb 221 min read
Avon calling again with the latest word ... on compromises!
Paul Newman KC has written a casenote on the judge's second judgment, delivered on 19 February, in the Avon case in relation to the...
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Paul Newman KC
Feb 191 min read
CA confirms role of actuary in deficit repair provision
Paul Newman KC has written a casenote on the recent Court of Appeal decision in Railways Pension trustee Co Ltd v Atos IT Services UK...
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Paul Newman KC
Feb 151 min read
CA holds incentives to agree changes to scheme taxable
Paul Newman KC considers the decision of the CA in HMRC v E.ON UK Plc (28 November 2023), in which the CA overturned a somewhat...
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Paul Newman KC
Feb 121 min read
PO finds SSAS independent trustee liable for misinvestment
Paul Newman KC has written a casenote about the recent Ombudsman determination in the case of Mr N, in which the independent trustee of a...
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