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| May 2006 | Conflict killers - by Arshad Khan, Solicitor |  |
| September 2005 | Dispute Resolution Focus | |
Sacker & Partners Dispute Resolution Unit has
unrivalled knowledge of the pensions related issues
currently facing employers and trustees and experience of settling major disputes both in and out of court. In the first of a series of newsletters, we focus on issues for trustees, both arising out of the Pensions Act 2004 and more generally. |
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| August 2005 | Class Actions - are pension schemes missing out? | |
| It has recently been reported that British institutional investors, custodians and pension funds who have direct holdings of US shares are failing to collect settlements from US securities class actions worth a total of £4.7bn. This raises the question - should pension funds and their advisers be doing more to get a slice of the pie? | ||
| May 2005 | The Pensions Regulator - any more teeth? - by Carole Smith, Associate | |
| February 2005 | The cost of rectification - by Arshad Khan, Solicitor | |
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| Following the Court of Appeal's decision relating to the long-running Preston saga. Part timers seeking additional Pensionable service under their former employer's occupational pension scheme must bring their claim within 6 months of a TUPE transfer. | ||
| August 2004 | New moves to curb pension liberation | |
| So-called "pension liberation" or trust busting sounds dramatic but what does it mean? What are trustees expected to do about it when making transfer payments? Opra recently published Update 8 to help trustees identify pension liberation schemes and offer guidance on actions if suspicions are aroused. It has also revised its leaflet aimed at transferring members. Here we sum up some of the issues. | ||
| February 2004 | Part-timers - the TUPE twist | |
| The latest decision in the Preston part-timer saga was handed down by the Employment Appeal Tribunal ("EAT") in December 2003, with the EAT reversing the earlier decision of the Employment Tribunal on the impact of TUPE on part-timers' claims. Part-timers seeking additional pensionable service in these circumstances can now bring a claim against their old employer at any time whilst they remain employed by their new employer (and up to 6 months after leaving). The decision could have a major impact on part-timer claims which have not yet settled. It also has wider implications for commercial transactions generally. | ||
| November 2003 | The Pensions Regulator - by Carole Smith, Associate | |
| September 2003 | Living in a sexist society - by Caroline Collins, Solicitor | |
| June 2003 | Costs and the Pensions Ombudsman | |
| The Pensions Ombudsman has recently taken a significant step into what has been for him relatively uncharted territory – that is, awarding a complainant their legal costs. On at least two occasions within the last few months, he has ordered the respondent (usually the scheme trustees or the employer) to pay either the whole, or part, of these costs. Here we consider two recent determinations and their potential ramifications. |
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| January 2003 | More convictions for trust busting | |
| Further convictions at Oxford Crown Court this month highlight the huge sums being lost in trust busting scams. In this case a 20% commission was deducted from transfers resulting in a loss to the Inland Revenue of over £1m. Last year Opra fined two trustees of a scheme where a total sum of £1.8m was deducted from at least 94 transfers. Here we suggest some practical steps to assist trustees when making transfers. | ||
| July 2001 | Part-timers - a practical guide for employers - by Katherine Dandy, Partner | |
| May 2001 | Gordon Derby v Scottish Equitable plc - by Carole Smith, Associate | |
| April 2001 | Trustee Insurance - by Carole Smith, Associate | |
| July 2000 | Incapacity - by Katherine Dandy, Partner | |
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