Burges Salmon

The Upper Tribunal has ruled in favour of TPR in its long-running dispute with ITV over the Box Clever pension scheme. James Phillips explores the impact of the judgment.

The Brexit deal on the Irish border is heavily vested in trade and security needs, but it also poses problems for cross-border scheme members, James Phillips writes.

Two Court of Appeal judgments have allowed schemes to introduce a pensionable pay cap. James Phillips explains the reasons why and what to be aware of

Michael Klimes examines what additional obligations money laundering rules introduced in June may put on schemes

A Scottish court has ruled four schemes were validly amended for Barber equalisation in spite of lack of documentation. Stephanie Baxter asks if it could lead to less pedantic judgements south of the border.

Pension scams have been around a long time but, since the new pensions flexibilities were introduced, they are becoming even more prevalent. Alice Honeywill and Elena O'Leary explain how to avoid scams.

Pi Partnership has acquired independent trustee business Temple Trustees from Burges Salmon as the consultancy firm looks to expand.

Trustees in defined benefit (DB) schemes need to act now if they want to preserve the power to refund surplus to employers.

Richard Pettit has been made partner at Burges Salmon, bringing the number of pensions partners at the firm to six.

The verdict will complicate the application of the members’ best interest principle