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Normal Minimum Pension Age Consultation—issues for pension scheme trustees to consider

Normal Minimum Pension Age Consultation—issues for pension scheme trustees to consider

The following Pensions news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Normal Minimum Pension Age Consultation—issues for pension scheme trustees to consider

Pensions weekly highlights—25 February 2021

Pensions weekly highlights—25 February 2021

The following Pensions news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Pensions weekly highlights—25 February 2021

Draft pre-pack regulations laid before Parliament

Draft pre-pack regulations laid before Parliament

The following Banking & Finance news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Draft pre-pack regulations laid before Parliament

EU finance MoU won’t include equivalence, UK minister says

EU finance MoU won’t include equivalence, UK minister says

The following Banking & Finance news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on EU finance MoU won’t include equivalence, UK minister says

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Retirement Annuity Contracts (RAC)—older types of personal pension schemes

Retirement Annuity Contracts (RAC)—older types of personal pension schemes

Personal pension schemes—central role in private pensions sectorPersonal pension schemes, in their various forms, play a central and important role in...

Retirement schemes for executives—UURBS, FURBS and EFRBS

Retirement schemes for executives—UURBS, FURBS and EFRBS

Just as executives tend to enjoy better salary packages than the ordinary workforce, so is it often the case that they receive better pension...

Auto-enrolment—the transitional period for DB and hybrid schemes [Archived]

Auto-enrolment—the transitional period for DB and hybrid schemes [Archived]

ARCHIVED. This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.As well as the option to postpone auto-enrolment, employers which operate defined...

The pre A-day pensions tax regime

The pre A-day pensions tax regime

The pensions tax regime under the Finance Act 2004 came into effect on 6 April 2006, otherwise known as A-day. The pre A-day regime may still be of...

Practice notes

What does ‘contracting-out’ mean for pension lawyers?

Interaction with the additional State pensionBefore 6 April 2016, there were two levels of State pension provision:•the basic State pension—this was a...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Pension attachment orders

The power to make pension attachment orders (previously referred to as earmarking orders) arises from the insertion of sections 25B–25D of the...
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Produced in partnership with Rebecca Dziobon of Penningtons Manches Cooper 12th Jan
Practice notes

The Electricity Supply Pension Scheme

The Electricity Supply Pension Scheme (‘ESPS’) is a trust-based scheme established by the Electricity Council by a resolution dated 20 January 1983 as...
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Produced in partnership with Gary Delderfield of Eversheds Sutherland 12th Jan
Practice notes

Pension bulk transfers—beginners’ guide

This guide is primarily aimed at trainees, newly qualified lawyers and other persons who are new to or unfamiliar with pensions law.THIS PRACTICE NOTE...
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Produced in partnership with Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP 12th Jan
Practice notes

Introduction to retained EU law

This Practice Note provides an introduction to retained EU law, which is an entirely new legal concept introduced to UK domestic law in preparation...
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9th Nov
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Practice notes

Bridging pensions

Bridging pensions—backgroundBridging pensions are a form of pension provided by some (but not all) defined benefit occupational pension schemes in...
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Produced in partnership with Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP 12th Jan
Practice notes

Beddoe applications

When trustees are engaged in trust litigation, issues often arise as to how their litigation costs are to be funded. A Beddoe application is the best...
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Produced in partnership with Kate Davenport QC of Outer Temple Chambers and Adele Isaacs of Bankside Chambers 12th Jan
Practice notes

How to deal with Beckmann liabilities on a business sale

THIS PRACTICE NOTE APPLIES IN RELATION TO OCCUPATIONAL PENSION SCHEMESThis Practice Note applies to business sales which are subject to the Transfer...
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Produced in partnership with Ginevra Gatrell of gunnercooke LLP 12th Jan
Precedents

Execution clause—company—deed

Option 1—deed executed by a company under its common seal (model articles, where the authorised signatory is an...
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9th Nov
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Practice notes

How to deal with a section 75 debt—an introduction

THIS PRACTICE NOTE APPLIES IN RELATION TO DEFINED BENEFIT OCCUPATIONAL PENSION SCHEMESThis Practice Note looks at the alternative methods available to...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Personal pension schemes—disclosure requirements before 6 April 2014 [Archived]

THIS PRACTICE NOTE APPLIES TO PERSONAL PENSION SCHEMES This Practice Note looks at the disclosure requirements that were applicable to trustees (or...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Calculating pension loss in employment tribunal claims

Pension loss will generally only arise in cases where an individual has lost their job and the pension provision that went with that job. An...
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Produced in partnership with Keith Bryant QC of Outer Temple Chambers. 12th Jan
Precedents

Deed of substitution

Date: [insert date](1)[Name of Former Principal Employer](2)[Names of Trustees](3)[Name of the New Principal Employer]Deed of Substitution of...
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Produced in partnership with Blake Morgan LLP 12th Jan
Precedents

Month definition

Month means a calendar month; Close This is a suggested definition for the term 'month', which...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Anti-franking

The conceptIt used to be the case that contracted-out salary-related (COSR) schemes could revalue a deferred member's guaranteed minimum pension (GMP)...
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Produced in partnership with Peter White 12th Jan
Precedents

The employment contract—sample pensions clauses

The following pension clauses set out the pensions information to be included in an employment contract, depending on the type of...
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Produced in partnership with Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP 12th Jan

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Practice notes

The Financial Assistance Scheme—what are the available benefits?

THIS PRACTICE NOTE APPLIES TO SCHEMES ENTERING THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SCHEME FROM 1 JANUARY 2012.Where a scheme, its employer(s) and individual...
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Produced in partnership with Weil Gotshal & Manges and Joanne Etherton of Client Earth 22nd Jan
Practice notes

The Financial Assistance Scheme—eligibility and entry

Criteria for eligibility for the Financial Assistance SchemeThe Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) closed to Notification and Qualification of new...
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8th Jan

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Money laundering offences—tipping off and prejudicing an investigation

Tipping off and prejudicing an investigationIt would undermine the benefit to the authorities if, a suspicious activity report (SAR) having been made, the alleged offender were to be made aware of the interest in their activities so that they could take steps to cover up their misdeeds or disappear.

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A company’s constitution

What is a company's constitution?A company’s 'constitution' is defined under the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) as including:•the company’s articles of association, and•any resolutions and agreements affecting a company’s constitutionThe CA 2006 definition of 'constitution' is not exhaustive and also

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Negative pledges

This Practice Note examines:•why negative pledge clauses are used in commercial transactions •the consequences of breaching negative pledge provisions•how negative pledges are viewed in the context of security and quasi-security, and•key considerations when drafting a negative pledge clauseWhere

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Forum non conveniens—scope and application

This Practice Note considers the doctrine of forum non conveniens, also referred to as the appropriate forum or the proper place for a dispute to be determined. This doctrine is of relevance when determining whether the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction to hear a dispute and is applied