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PO determination on importance of recording external agreement and intent of the parties (PO-12366)

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Published on: 04 August 2017

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What were the facts?
What did the Adjudicator of the Pensions Ombudsman decide?
What was the Pension Ombudsman’s decision?
What are the implications of this determination?

Article summary

Pensions analysis: The Pensions Ombudsman failed to uphold a complaint by a member of an occupational pension scheme who claimed his benefits had been improperly reduced by the application of an early retirement reduction factor in breach of the pension scheme’s governing provisions. Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP looks at the decision.

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