BA case: Company used £250m contingent payment to divide schemes, trustee says

James Phillips
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British Airways (BA) took advantage of "accidental" drafting of the rules surrounding a £250m contingent payment in a bid to block discretionary increases for the Airways Pension Scheme (APS), a trustee has told the High Court.

Employer-nominated trustee (ENT) Alan Buchanan said payment of the £250m - promised to APS in the 2009 triennial valuation negotiations - required both APS and New Airways Pension Scheme (NAPS) to ...

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