Pensions case reports

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  • Pensions Update

    Newsletter

    Submitted: 15 May 2012

    Welcome to Simmons & Simmons' Pensions Update, a newsletter covering the main legal developments in the pensions sector in England and Wales.

  • Pensions case report: Parizad Restricted access

    Article

    Submitted: 14 May 2012

    A beneficiary from a death in service benefit was entitled to an additional payment to make good the reduction in value of a lump sum payment which resulted from the trustees’ failure to exercise their discretion.

  • Pensions case report: Brown Restricted access

    Article

    Submitted: 14 May 2012

    A pension trustee was held liable for errors made by the pension provider’s computer systems in calculating the value of the member’s pension.

  • Pensions case report: Mrs C Restricted access

    Article

    Submitted: 14 May 2012

    An employee’s bonus was held to be part of her pensionable salary where the employee had accepted the bonus but not its exclusion from her pension calculations.

  • Pensions case report: Earle Restricted access

    Article

    Submitted: 14 May 2012

    A pension trustee board was ordered by the pensions ombudsman to revisit a decision not to award a lump sum death benefit to a member’s widow, despite her not being the beneficiary stated on the member’s form.

  • Pensions case report: Smith Restricted access

    Article

    Submitted: 14 May 2012

    The Pensions Ombudsman ordered trustees to make additional payments to a member after an overstated pension caused him to take on a mortgage which his true pension could not afford.

  • Case report: Blight and Others v Brewster Restricted access

    Article

    Submitted: 02 May 2012

    Whether a successful claimant was entitled to take his award from the defendant’s pension.

  • Pensions case report: Dalriada Trustees Limited Restricted access

    Article

    Submitted: 21 March 2012

    Whether payments made under pension reciprocation plans (PRPs), which purport to allow people early access to their pension savings, were void.

  • Pensions case report: Dipple Restricted access

    Article

    Submitted: 02 February 2012

    Scheme administration and the provision of incorrect information to a member.

  • Case report: Foster Restricted access

    Article

    Submitted: 02 February 2012

    Scheme administration and the provision of incorrect information to a member.

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