Year: 2023

Find out what’s happening at Sackers. Our News section provides information about recent work, press comment and media coverage, and what our people are doing.

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IWD 2023

Partner Eleanor Daplyn is featured in a special article in Professional Pensions on women in the pensions industry to mark IWD 2023. Eleanor talks about her own career and gives some advice to those just starting out. You can read the full...

E-admin – don’t forget the legal ABCs when going digital

In an article for Professional Pensions, Oliver Topping takes a look at how best to manage the legal risks of introducing e-admin technology, including from data protection and cyber perspectives. He highlights some examples of best...

Sackers advises on £6.5bn buy-in for RSA’s UK pension schemes

The trustees of two schemes sponsored by RSA Group, the Sal Pension Scheme (SALPS) and the Royal Insurance Group Pension Scheme (RIGPS) have concluded a buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), insuring in total c£6.5bn of...

Sackers advises Royal Mail Pension Plan on its innovative CIO outsourcing

Royal Mail Pension Plan (RMPP) has selected BlackRock to manage its £8.8bn pension scheme assets as an outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO). The transfer of staff and assets completed on 1 February. Sackers advised the Trustee and...

Emma Martin contributes to Redington’s Future of Retirement Income report

Senior counsel Emma Martin has contributed an article to Redington’s first Future of Retirement Income publication, which captures the complexities faced by DC savers nearing and in retirement. Bringing together leading experts from...

Sackers welcomes new associate

We are pleased to announce the hiring of a new associate, Sophia Russell. Her arrival takes the total number of qualified lawyers at Sackers to 63. David Saunders, senior partner at Sackers, said: “We continue to recruit new people at...

Stuart O’Brien comments on whether buyouts are the only game in town

As buy-out volumes look set to beat all records in 2023, Stuart O’Brien was asked by Pensions Expert for his views on how to make sure that a scheme is enticing to insurers. You can read the full...

Sackers welcomes two new Graduate Solicitor Apprentices

Today, Sackers announced that Eisha Lal and Mollie Kilfoyle have joined the firm as Graduate Solicitor Apprentices. David Saunders, senior partner, said: “Historically, the route to becoming a qualified solicitor has followed a very...

Project management
Pension forfeiture and missing beneficiaries – a beginner’s guide

Many trust-based pension schemes have a rule that allows or requires the scheme to extinguish a person’s entitlement to benefits after a certain time limit (often six years). The law around using these rules has been hotly contested by...