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Paul Newman KC
Feb 12, 20241 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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Paul Newman KC
Feb 5, 20241 min read
Newell Trustees Ltd v Newell Rubbermaid UK Services Ltd
Edward Sawyer has written a casenote on the recent Newell decision, which provides a fresh insight into the effect of Courage provisos on...
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Paul Newman KC
Jan 18, 20241 min read
Avon calling! ... with the latest word on severance
Paul Newman KC has written a casenote on the recent decision of HH Judge Davis-White KC in Avon Cosmetics Ltd v Dalriada Trustees Ltd &...
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Paul Newman KC
Jan 4, 20241 min read
Ombudsman overpayment determination
Happy New Year from Pensions Barrister! Paul Newman KC has written a casenote on the Ombudsman's first overpayment determination since...
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Paul Newman KC
Dec 8, 20231 min read
Estoppel & formal invalidity revisited
Paul Newman KC has written a casenote on the recent decision of the High Court in Lendlease Construction (Europe) Ltd v Aecom Ltd, where...
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Paul Newman KC
Dec 7, 20231 min read
Uncontroverted expert reports
Paul Newman KC has written a casenote on the recent decision of the Supreme Court in Tui UK Ltd v Griffith (29 November 2023), which...
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Paul Newman KC
Nov 23, 20231 min read
Loophole in NHS Pensions Regs?
Paul Newman KC has written a casenote on the recent decision of the CA in Campbell v NHS Business Services Authority, in which a member...
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Paul Newman KC
Nov 9, 20231 min read
The Pensions Ombudsman - competent but not a court
On 1 November, CA appeared to envision a County Court "rubber stamping" procedure for overpayment dispute determinations. "Cui bono?",...
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Paul Newman KC
Oct 26, 20231 min read
Ombudsman decision on overpayment
In this casenote, Paul Newman KC considers the recent decision of the Deputy Pensions Ombudsman in the matter of Mrs S, whose widow's...
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Paul Newman KC
Aug 24, 20231 min read
Third time lucky: ChD reconsiders failed unopposed rectification claim
A claimant has succeeded in obtaining rectification of a deed of appointment supplemental to a Will - but only on appeal to the Judge...
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Paul Newman KC
Aug 17, 20231 min read
McGaughey v USS Ltd
Edward Sawyer has written a casenote on this decision, which considers derivative actions against directors of a corporate pension...
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Paul Newman KC
Aug 14, 20231 min read
Biting the hand that no longer feeds: the Brass Trustees case
In this casenote, Paul Newman KC considers the recent case of Brass Trustees v Goldstone [2023] EWHC 1978 (Ch), in which the Court...
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Paul Newman KC
Aug 8, 20231 min read
The BBC case & fetters on amendment powers
Joseph Steadman has written a casenote on the recent BBC case, where the Court considered the fetters on a scheme's amendment power in...
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Paul Newman KC
Aug 3, 20231 min read
Distribution of surplus: a Scottish perspective
Paul Newman KC analyses a decision of the Court of Session on the application of surplus on the winding-up of a DB scheme. Using...
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Paul Newman KC
Jun 22, 20231 min read
Virgin Media Limited v NTL Pensions Trustees II Ltd & ors
Jennifer Seaman has written a case summary of this important case on section 37 certificates in the context of contracting-out and scheme...
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Paul Newman KC
Apr 25, 20231 min read
End of the road for wishful thinking in asset valuations?
Paul Newman KC has written a summary of the FTT decision in Morgan Lloyd Trustees Limited & ors v HMRC (31 March 2023). The case concerns...
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Paul Newman KC
Mar 16, 20231 min read
Union challenge to imposition of McCloud costs on members rejected by High Court
Paul Newman KC has written a summary of the decision published earlier this week in R (aoa Fire Brigades Union) v HM Treasury/ R (oao The...
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Paul Newman KC
Feb 20, 20231 min read
Court considers minimum pension age
Emily Campbell has written a casenote on the recent decision in Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority v Howell & HMRC, a case...
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Paul Newman KC
Jan 26, 20231 min read
Honda v Mercer
Edward Sawyer discusses the recent decision in Honda v Mercer and comments on getting round the 15-year longstop in negligence claims....
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Paul Newman KC
Jan 9, 20231 min read
Railways Pension Trustee Company Ltd v Atos IT Services UK Ltd
Paul Newman KC considers the recent judgment in Railways Pension Trustee Company Ltd v Atos IT Services UK Ltd about the funding of a...
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