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ITV given six month deadline for Box Clever funding plan
ITV given six month deadline for Box Clever funding plan

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has told ITV and four connected firms that they must deliver a future funding plan for the Box Clever Group Pension Scheme within six months.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 17 March 2020
Dominic Chappell ordered to pay £9.5m into BHS pension schemes
Dominic Chappell ordered to pay £9.5m into BHS pension schemes

The Upper Tribunal has told Dominic Chappell he must pay £9.5m into BHS’ pension schemes after committing actions detrimental to their funding.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 14 January 2020
Court of Appeal rejects ITV appeal against TPR in Box Clever case
Court of Appeal rejects ITV appeal against TPR in Box Clever case

The Court of Appeal has dismissed ITV's appeal against a financial support direction (FSD) issued by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) in a long-running case over the Box Clever Pension Scheme.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 20 June 2019
HMRC ditches appeal over lifetime allowance breach
HMRC ditches appeal over lifetime allowance breach

Accidental breaches of lifetime allowance fixed protections could no longer result in onerous tax bills after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) dropped its appeal of a landmark case.

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  • 03 June 2019
What the Box Clever judgment means for TPR's powers
What the Box Clever judgment means for TPR's powers

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.

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  • 29 May 2018
Day nine: Box Clever trustees fall foul of 'reverse moral hazard'
Day nine: Box Clever trustees fall foul of 'reverse moral hazard'

The trustees of the Box Clever Group Pension Scheme committed a form of "reverse moral hazard" by running the scheme on while its participating employers were in administrative receivership, ITV has claimed.

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  • 12 February 2018
TPR's powers: The broken process and how to fix it
TPR's powers: The broken process and how to fix it

Mark Blyth says there are real problems in how the regulator exercises its powers, and suggests how to solve them

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  • 07 December 2017
Halcrow Pensioners' Association withdraws legal challenge over Halcrow Pension Scheme restructuring
Halcrow Pensioners' Association withdraws legal challenge over Halcrow Pension Scheme restructuring

The Halcrow Pensioners' Association (HPA) has withdrawn its Upper Tribunal challenge of the Halcrow Pension Scheme restructuring after facing the threat of spiralling legal costs.

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  • 28 July 2016
TPR disputes legal challenge over Halcrow restructuring
TPR disputes legal challenge over Halcrow restructuring

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has said there is no legal basis for the Halcrow Pensioners' Association (HPA) to challenge the proposed restructuring of the scheme in the Upper Tribunal.

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  • 21 July 2016
Halcrow Pensioners' Association challenges TPR over restructuring plan
Halcrow Pensioners' Association challenges TPR over restructuring plan

Lawyers acting on behalf of Halcrow Pensioners' Association (HPA) are disputing a proposed regulated apportionment arrangement (RAA) for the engineering company's defined benefit (DB) scheme.

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  • 19 July 2016
Supreme Court rejects ITV application for appeal over Box Clever

The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by ITV over whether The Pensions Regulator (TPR) could expand on its allegations against the media giant in the Box Clever case.

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  • 04 August 2015
Ex-Desmond bosses lose attempt to withhold documents from CN trial

A judge has rejected attempts by former shareholders of Desmond & Sons to withhold documents from proceedings to enforce contribution notices (CNs) issued by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

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  • 01 December 2014
Lehman Brothers FSD case settled

Members of the Lehman Brothers Pension Scheme will receive their benefits in full after a £184m settlement was reached in the six-year legal battle that followed the firm's bankruptcy.

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  • 19 August 2014
Box Clever case back in court

ITV is attempting to have some of the claims levelled against it in the Box Clever case struck out at the Upper Tribunal.

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  • 25 September 2013
Appeal court rules against Lehman firms fighting FSD

The Court of Appeal has upheld an Upper Tribunal ruling against a group of Lehman Brothers firms fighting to be excluded from a financial support direction (FSD) issued by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

  • Law and Regulation
  • 24 June 2013
Ensuring fairness

TPR determinations panel chairman John Scampion on the organisation's work

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  • 26 April 2012

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