Trustees are right to consider unborn children as dependants when making death-in-service payouts, the High Court has ruled.
And they can do so even if scheme rules are silent on the matter, the court decided. The ruling was made in Stephens vs Michelin Pensions Trust when the court decided that, contrary to what consul...
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