Pensions analysis: This was the second limb of a Part 8 Claim, the purpose of which was to mitigate the losses of the claimant (Avon) and the 1st to 6th defendants (Trustees) caused by allegedly negligent advice from former scheme advisers. It took the form of an application to approve a compromise, which had been negotiated between the counsel teams acting for Avon and the 7th defendant, a representative beneficiary appointed pursuant to CPR 19.9. The substance of the claim was a Re Courage-type fetter on the amendment power, and whether amendments made in 2006 which had resulted in the accrued final salary benefits being linked instead to statutory revaluation, had lawfully broken the final salary link. The judge approved the compromise, the key term of which was that those members who would have received more valuable benefits as they retained their final salary link, received 70% of that additional value. Written by Richard Hitchcock KC, Outer Temple Chambers.