IDS Pensions Law Reports Annual Index 1999
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The Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc v Terence Malley & anor
Application to strike out notice of appeal - Whether an 'abuse of process' - Whether of 'purely academic interest' - Whether for a 'trifling sum' - s151 Pension Schemes Act 1993 - Meaning of 'determination' and 'direction' - Statutory right of appeal - Pensions Ombudsman's costs on appeal

Fletcher Challenge Nominees Ltd v Wrightson Ltd
Cessation of participation - 'Partial dissolution' - Transfer of benefits - Actuarial surplus - Exercise of trustee's discretion - Whether 'share of fund' or 'benefit-based' approach appropriate - Set off of excess costs against transfer amount

Wrightson Ltd v Fletcher Challenge Nominees Ltd
Cessation of participation - 'Partial dissolution' - Transfer of benefits - Actuarial surplus - Exercise of trustee's discretion - Whether 'share of fund' or 'benefit-based' approach appropriate - Set off of excess costs against transfer amount

The Equitable Life Assurance Society v Alan David Hyman
Originating summons - Allocation of final bonuses - Breach of contract - Exercise of discretionary powers - Policyholders' 'reasonable expectations'

James Stuart Kemble & anor v Margaret Hicks & ors
Trustees' power to insure - Distinction between indemnity intended solely to benefit the trustees and insurance of a restitutory nature - Effect of a hybrid scheme where the documentation does not address distinctions between a final salary and a money purchase section

Thomas Edge & ors v the Pensions Ombudsman & anor
Scope of discretion of trustees - Jurisdiction of the Pensions Ombudsman - Scope of Part X of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 - Meanining of impartiality - Analysis of discretionary power of trustees - Representation before the Pensions Ombudsman of classes likely to be affected by his determinations - Natural justice and its effect upon deliberations by the Pensions Ombudsman

Roderick Jones v Subhash Patel & The London Borough of Brent
Bankruptcy - Occupational pension schemes - Investing of property in trustee in bankruptcy

City and County of Swansea v Johnson
Local authority - Pensions Ombudsman's jurisdiction - Whether 'occupational pension scheme' - Maladministration

Hillsdown Holdings plc & anor v Commissioners of the Inland Revenue
Incidence of tax on surplus paid to employer in breach of trust - Interpretation of section 601 Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 - Meaning of the word 'payment'

Raymond John Buckley v Hudson Forge Ltd & others
Individual transfer terms - Contractual rights - Construction of winding up terms - Trustees discretions and the position of a receiver

Libby & Ors v Kennedy & anor
Pensions Ombudsman - Appeal - Exercise of trustees' discretion - Delegation of powers - Ratification of decisions made by trustees' delegates

Polly Peck International plc (in administration) v Henry
Appointment of trustee - Conflict of receiver - Payment of trustee's costs

Board of Management of the Bank of New Zealand Officers' Provident Association v Bank of New Zealand
Use and control of surplus - Preponderance of rules - Use of facts to elucidate not contradict the contract - Approach of the New Zealand courts

Margaret Boyle and others v Equal Opportunities Commission
Equal pay and equal treatment for men and women - Maternity leave - Rights of pregnant women in respect of sick leave, annual leave and the accrual of pension rights

J Rothschild Assurance plc v John Robert Collyear and others
Pensions mis-selling - Were the policy conditions under the life assurance company's professional indemnity policy met? - Appointed representatives - As the life assurance company volunteered compensation under the industry review process had there been any 'claims' made against the life assurance company which fell to be covered by the indemnity policy?

Grant v South West Trains
Equal treatment of men and women - Sex discrimination - Sexual orientation - Travel concessions for cohabitees of the same sex

Clarke (HMIT) v the Trustees of the British Telecom Pension Scheme and ors
Trading - Profits from sub-underwriting - Whether taxable when undertaken by a tax exempt occupational pension scheme

The National Grid Co plc & ors v Laws, Mayes & ors
Construction of the terms of the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme - Pension scheme surpluses - Employers' duty of good faith and confidence - Unilateral forgiveness of crystallised debt - Use of power of amendment

Seifert v the Pensions Ombudsman and others
Appeals against decision of the Pensions Ombudsman - Width of the Ombudsman's jurisdiction - General principles concerning conduct of Pensions Ombudsman's investigations

University of Nottingham v Eyett and another
Costs - Allocation in the case of appeals against Pension Ombudsman's determinations

University of Nottingham v Eyett and the Pensions Ombudsman
Early retirement - Dealings with employer - Financially disadvantageous decision taken by retiree - Duty owed to potential retirees

Express Newspapers Pensions Trustees Ltd v Express Newspapers plc
Construction - Pensioners - Mergers and acquisitions - Scheme reconstruction - Whether pensioners entitled to increases

Forfeiture Act 1982
Murder - Manslaughter - Forfeiture - Forfeiture Act 1982 - Public policy - Ex turpi causa non oritur actio - Criteria for modification of the rule

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