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.
The current commercial property “eviction ban” (more accurately, but less headline-grabbing, it’s a moratorium on a landlord’s right of re-entry or forfeiture for non-payment of rent) is due to expire at the end of March. It has...
Introduction Expedited as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (“the Act”) received Royal Assent on 25 June 2020. The Act is designed to provide businesses in financial difficulties with...
Introduction On 26 February 2018, the DWP published a response to the consultation on the draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 together with a final version of the regulations, now called The...
Background The DWP is seeking views on proposed changes to employer debt legislation for employers in non-segregated defined benefit multi-employer pension schemes. In this response: Introduction Chapter 2: The deferred debt arrangement...
Introduction Back in 2015, the DWP issued a call for evidence (“the Call for Evidence”) in response to concerns about how the employer debt regime operates for employers in non-associated multi-employer schemes. Seeking to address...
Introduction On 20 February 2017, the PPF published a consultation on a levy rule for schemes without a substantive sponsor (“SWSSs”). For a PDF version of this Alert click here. In this Alert Key points Background Restructuring...
Introduction On 20 February 2017, the DWP published its Green Paper on DB private sector pensions, “Defined benefit pension schemes: security and sustainability”. The Green Paper, which sets out evidence about key challenges facing...
