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UK GDPR terms explained

Consent Controller Processor Data Subjects Personal Data Personal Data Breach Processing Special Categories of Personal Data Consent   consent of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of...

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Beattie and others (Employment Appeal Tribunal) – 27 October 2022

In the latest development in a line of claims relating to PPF compensation caps, this case considered the statutory exemption which provides that it is not a breach of the non-discrimination rule for the employer or trustees of a scheme to...

Mr H (CAS-33253-W9R0): Complaint regarding discretionary bonuses (28 September 2022)

TPO did not uphold a complaint by Mr H that no discretionary bonuses had been awarded to his section of the scheme since 2015. Under the terms of his section, any bonuses declared by the Trustee were applied to pay increases to pensions....

BT Pension Scheme Trustees -v- UK Statistics Authority (High Court) – 1 September 2022

On 1 September 2022, Mr Justice Holgate rejected on all grounds a claim for judicial review by the trustees of the BT Pension Scheme, Ford Pension Schemes and Marks & Spencer Pension Scheme (“the Schemes”) against the UK Statistics...

Harpur Trust v Brazel (Supreme Court) – 20 July 2022

This appeal concerns the calculation of statutory annual leave and holiday pay entitlements for workers who work for varying hours for only certain weeks of the year, but are employed for the full year (“part-year workers”). Facts Ms...

Fore Fitness Investments Holdings Ltd, Hashmi v Lorimer-Wing (High Court) – 2 February 2022

Introduction The High Court found that a sole director was not authorised to act on behalf of a company due to contradictory provisions in the company’s articles of association based on the Model Articles. Background A shareholder of the...

Moan v HMRC (First-tier Tribunal) – 4 April 2022

Introduction The First-tier Tribunal has upheld an appeal against the loss of Fixed Protection 2016 (FP16) following the individual’s auto-enrolment (AE) into his new employer’s pension scheme. In reaching its decision, the Tribunal...