“The Court of Appeal has upheld a landmark ruling that gives priority to company pensioners – ahead of creditor banks and bondholders – when those companies become insolvent.”
The Independent, 14th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Plans to raise the state pension age to 66 in 2020 will be delayed by six months to address concerns thousands of women will be unfairly disadvantaged.”
BBC News, 13th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An employer cannot rely ‘blindly’ on its medical advisers when deciding if an employee is eligible for an ill-health early retirement pension, the pensions watchdog has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th October 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The levy paid into a special fund by pension schemes to pay compensation to their members should the scheme go insolvent has been reduced for the next three years, the fund organisers have announced.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd September 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The two largest civil service unions have lost their High Court challenge to a scheme that will reduce benefits paid to members on redundancy and early retirement.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Equilibrium of assets and liabilities was not a requirement of the definition of a money purchase pension scheme under section 181 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993.”
WLR Daily, 27th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The bereaved husband of a doctor has undertaken a legal test case claiming sex discrimination because he is receiving a smaller NHS pension than if he were a widow.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to redraft pensions legislation after defeat in a key pensions case in the Supreme Court this morning.”
The Lawyer, 27th July 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“British Gurkhas are taking their battle for equal pension rights to the European Court of Human Rights, it was announced today.”
The Independent, 20th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Home Secretary delivered this speech at the Police Federation Conference 2011 on 18 May, 2011.”
Home Office, 17th May 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Couples in civil partnerships should have the same pension rights as married couples according to the European Court of Justice, backing the approach already taken in the UK.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Public sector workers have launched a legal challenge in the High Count to prevent changes to their gold-plated pensions.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Owens v Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council [2011] EWCA Civ 359; [2011] WLR (D) 120
“Where the pension entitlement of an employee seeking a teachers’ pension was being determined and the term ‘teacher’ had not been defined by the legislature the word was to be construed in accordance with its natural meaning.”
WLR Daily, 31st March 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The conditions for entitlement to state pension credit, which included a requirement that a claimant had a right to reside in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, constituted indirect discrimination against nationals of other European Union member states which was, however, justified by the legitimate aim of protecting the resources of the United Kingdom against benefit or social tourism by those who were not economically or socially integrated with the country.”
WLR Daily, 16th March 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Article 5(2) of Council Directive 2004/113/EC was invalid with effect from 21 December 2012 since it permitted European Union law and consequently member states’ laws, to derogate from the principle of equal treatment of men and women, guaranteed by articles 21 and 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, without temporal limitation.”
WLR Daily, 2nd March 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Insurance and pensions companies must be stopped from offering different prices and premiums to men and women from December 2012, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st March 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Male pensioners could lose around £340 a year if the European court backs gender equality rules for insurance companies this week, experts are predicting.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Prudential, one of the country’s leading pension suppliers, has been taken to the high court by the trustees of its own employees’ retirement fund. The move by Prudential Staff Pensions could potentially force the financial services firm into topping up the scheme and comes after the Pru changed its practices in 2005 to plug a £379m deficit in the 92-year-old pension plan.”
The Guardian, 16th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government has been urged to change the law to ensure pensions of all workers are protected if their employer goes bust.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st January 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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