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Life assurance schemes – update on excepted schemes
Many employers are starting to establish excepted life assurance arrangements which fall outside of the UK tax regime for pensions saving. Benefits under excepted schemes do not count towards the...
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Court of Appeal overturns High Court ruling on IBM’s “Project Waltz” pension changes in 2010
The High Court when it heard the dispute in April 2014 held that IBM acted in breach of its duty of good faith to the members when it closed two...
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Defined Benefit Schemes and Struggling Businesses- the elephant in the room
Throughout 2016 and so far in 2017, defined benefit pension schemes have made headline news for all the wrong reasons. Firstly, BHS and its massive pension deficit shone a spot...
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Trustees (and employers) – are you ready for GDPR?
The requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation become enforceable on 25 May 2018 – less than 9 months from now – and there is a lot of work for...
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Recent British Airways Court case did not take off but appeal will fly
Do the rules of your pension scheme ensure that the Trustees have to seek your consent before making changes to the rules? Unfortunately for British Airways (BA), their rules did...
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Pensions Outlook – September 2017
In this Autumn edition of Pensions Outlook we consider the following topical issues in the pension's arena: Walker v Innospec Ltd [2017] – a review of the ruling of the...
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Walker v Innospec Ltd [2017] – Same-sex marriage and inequality in pensions – Schemes must now provide survivor benefits to same-sex spouses and civil partners on the same basis as opposite sex spouses
In the recent case of Walker v Innospec Limited [2017], the Supreme Court ruled that a pension scheme must provide benefits for a surviving spouse in a same-sex marriage on...
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Check with a cause before remembering it in your Will, law firm urges in Remember a Charity week
People who want to leave money to a good cause in their Will are being urged to check with their chosen charity first to make sure the gift can be...
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Blake Morgan welcomes banking and finance expert
Banking and finance lawyer Paul Duggan has joined Blake Morgan as a Senior Associate. Paul joins the Blake Morgan Banking and Finance team from Hugh James Solicitors. He will now...
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Blake Morgan solicitor is listed as a rising star in private client law
Blake Morgan solicitor Laura Harper has been named as one of the rising stars in the world of private client law with an entry in the eprivateclient Top 35 Under...
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Blake Morgan welcomes eight newly qualified lawyers
Leading law firm Blake Morgan are delighted to announce that it has retained 100% of its trainee intake for 2017. Blake Morgan's trainee programme is recognised for its excellence in...
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Blake Morgan development expert joins Women in Social Housing board
Blake Morgan Development and Social Housing specialist Christine Kessler-Robinson has been appointed as a Board Member of the South West Women in Social Housing (WISH) Group. Christine is from the firm's...
