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Scheme incorrectly followed terms of court order when assessing incapacity pension application (Mrs G PO-24110)

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Published on: 29 July 2020
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  • Summary
  • What were the facts?
  • What was the Pensions Ombudsman’s decision?
  • What is the impact of this determination?

Article summary

Pensions analysis: The Pensions Ombudsman has upheld a complaint that a scheme’s trustees had applied the wrong test on an incapacity pension application. Martin Scott of gunnercooke LLP looks at the decision.

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