PO determination on employer’s over-reliance on own medical expert (Mr Y PO–13059)

Table of contents

• Original news
• Summary
• What were the facts?
• What was the Adjudicator’s Opinion?
• What was the Pension Ombudsman’s decision?
• What was the impact of this determination?

Article summary

Pensions analysis: In Mr Y (PO-13059), the Pensions Ombudsman upheld a complaint from a member of an occupational pension scheme that a decision not to award him an ill-health pension on the grounds of total incapacity was inherently flawed due to the approach adopted by the employer when considering the decision to be taken. Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP looks at the decision.