News: Pensions

Equalising for the effect of unequal GMPs: Lloyds transfers Judgment

20th Nov 2020

Andrew Short QC and Nicholas Hill acted for the Representative Defendant in this long-awaited and much anticipated case confirming the scope of the obligation to equalise for the effect of unequal GMPs following transfers out.

Practical Law (Pensions); “Univar v Smith; first contested pensions rectification trial in 8 years”

11th Sep 2020

Judgment was recently handed down by the High Court in Univar v Smith & Ors. Michael Uberoi’s article looking at some of the key issues in the judgment has been published in Practical Law (Pensions).

Successful pro bono representation before the Financial Ombudsman

27th Aug 2020

Chloë Bell has successfully provided pro bono representation before the Financial Ombudsman through Advocate, the Bar’s national charity for free legal assistance from volunteer barristers.

Second Court of Appeal Judgment in Safeway’s long running pensions equalisation case

13th Jul 2020

On 13 July 2020 the Court of Appeal handed down its second judgment in Safeway Ltd v Newton (previously [2017] EWCA Civ 1482]) concerning the date on which the Normal Pension Ages applicable under the Safeway Pension Scheme were equalised at 65.

Naomi Ling, as specialist pensions counsel, successfully defends DfT in High Court

18th Jun 2020

As part of a team of counsel, Naomi Ling has successful defended Department for Transport against a challenge to their process of awarding rail franchises.