TPR reveals how legal action secured £37m funding settlement for DLR scheme
Warning notice and court case force agreement
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published details of the how trustees of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) scheme took their case to the courts to secure a £37m recovery plan.
The scheme's trustees and sponsoring employer Serco had been at loggerheads over its 2009 triennial valuation, and failed to agree a recovery plan to close its deficit. In a report published today -...
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