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The relevance of previous incidents in disciplinary investigations
17 October 2017
The recent EAT case of NHS 24 v Pillar has reversed the previous Employment Tribunal decision and has found that including previous incidents that were not subject to disciplinary action in an...
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Employment Tribunal compensation changes
17 October 2017
With the abolition of Employment Tribunal (ET) fees, more claims are inevitable. In successful claims, ETs award compensation based on well-established rules, some of which have recently changed. Employer's pension...
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Orbis Education and Care acquires Bangeston Autism Care Services
03 October 2017
Autism care specialist, Orbis Education and Care, has acquired Pembrokeshire Resource Centre, which trades as Bangeston Autism Care Services, for an undisclosed sum.
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The Pre-Action Protocol for debt claims
12 September 2017
Businesses must now do more to provide information to individual debtors and attempt to settle before taking them to court. The new Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims (PAPDC) comes into force on...
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Life assurance schemes – update on excepted schemes
11 September 2017
Many employers are starting to establish excepted life assurance arrangements which fall outside of the UK tax regime for pensions saving. Benefits under excepted schemes do not count towards the...
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Court of Appeal overturns High Court ruling on IBM’s “Project Waltz” pension changes in 2010
11 September 2017
The High Court when it heard the dispute in April 2014 held that IBM acted in breach of its duty of good faith to the members when it closed two...
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Trustees (and employers) – are you ready for GDPR?
11 September 2017
The requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation become enforceable on 25 May 2018 – less than 9 months from now – and there is a lot of work for...
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Recent British Airways Court case did not take off but appeal will fly
11 September 2017
Do the rules of your pension scheme ensure that the Trustees have to seek your consent before making changes to the rules? Unfortunately for British Airways (BA), their rules did...
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Pensions Outlook – September 2017
11 September 2017
In this Autumn edition of Pensions Outlook we consider the following topical issues in the pension's arena: Walker v Innospec Ltd [2017] – a review of the ruling of the...
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Walker v Innospec Ltd [2017] – Same-sex marriage and inequality in pensions – Schemes must now provide survivor benefits to same-sex spouses and civil partners on the same basis as opposite sex spouses
11 September 2017
In the recent case of Walker v Innospec Limited [2017], the Supreme Court ruled that a pension scheme must provide benefits for a surviving spouse in a same-sex marriage on...
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The effect of the ‘ground rent scandal’ on Registered Providers
18 August 2017
Following what the Guardian recently branded the 'ground rent scandal' where owners of leasehold houses, in particular, were highlighted as facing spiralling ground rents, the Government has set out plans...
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Witnessing a deed
17 August 2017
In certain circumstances, a party's signature to a deed must be attested by a witness. For example, if the executing party is an individual or if a company executed the...
