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PensionsThursday 30 October 2025

Pension transfer claims: the saga continues

Edward Sawyer considers a recent determination of the Deputy Pensions Ombudsman on a pension transfer claim, deciding that scheme trustees owed no general duty to undertake due diligence on behalf of the transferring member, and declining to follow the High Court’s decision in Hughes v Royal London.

The article was first posted on Paul Newman KC‘s website pensionsbarrister.com

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