The Court of Appeal is set to decide if trustees can legally demand extra funding from sponsors despite scheme specific funding rules.
In the British Vita case – which was heard in the High Court in May – trustees’ of two defined benefit schemes demanded £50m from the sponsoring employer after a highly leveraged private equity buy...
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