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PO determination on proper refusal to grant discretionary benefits in underfunded scheme (Brown 83842/1)

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Published on: 28 October 2011
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  • What was the Deputy Pension Ombudsman’s Determination?
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Article summary

Pensions analysis: In Brown (83842/1), the Pensions Ombudsman failed to uphold a complaint brought by a dependant of a deceased member of an occupational pension scheme that the trustees had improperly refused to award dependants’ benefits in her favour. Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP looks at the decision.

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