BA case: Granting discretionary increase power was not legally risky, says Arter

James Phillips
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It was not legally risky for the Airways Pension Scheme (APS) trustees to unilaterally amend the trust deed to give themselves a discretionary increase power, ex-adviser Anthony Arter has said.

Giving evidence at a landmark High Court trial on 16 November, former Eversheds head of pensions and APS legal adviser Arter - now the pensions ombudsman - said he suggested the amendment as an alt...

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