Member communications: Should you get a legal review?

Naomi Brown outlines why trustees should consider a set of legal eyes on communications

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Member communications: Should you get a legal review?

Pension scheme trustees issue lots of communications. There are day to day communications and one-off communications. Communications to the whole membership and communications to one beneficiary. Communications which are just for information and communications which require action. So, which of these should get a legal review?

The answer is "it depends". However, as not getting a legal review when you need one could leave you exposed, trustees should think carefully about which communications to send to their lawyers. ...

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