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    Beckmann claims and limitation

    Daniel Jukes examines a recent case applying a six-year limitation period to Beckmann claims, and why its reasoning may be open to challenge. The article was first posted on Paul Newman KC‘s website pensionsbarrister.com Read the full article

    By Daniel Jukes
    Thursday 23 April 2026

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    Recent Cases

    Judgment handed down in Mendes v Slater and Gordon (UK) Limited and another

    Pensions

    Stephen Brown | Jonathan Chew
    Thursday 19 March 2026

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    The Pensions Ombudsman and the common law

    Allison Wu considers two recent determinations of the Deputy Pensions Ombudsman which apply common law principles in pensions contexts. The article was first posted on Paul Newman KC‘s website pensionsbarrister.com Read the full article

    By Allison Wu
    Thursday 19 March 2026

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    Paul Newman KC awarded a Visiting Research Fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

    Paul Newman KC has been awarded a Visiting Research Fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) for 2026/2027, which will enable him to continue his research into 18th and 19th-century nominate law reporting. The IALS Visiting Research Fellowship... Read more

    Wednesday 18 March 2026

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    Recent Cases

    Court of Appeal decides tax and trusts case concerning meaning of “loss” in the context of gilt strip transactions

    Tax, Trusts, probate and estates: contentious, Trusts, probate and estates: non-contentious

    Jonathan Davey KC
    Tuesday 16 December 2025

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    The Thorny Issue of Pension Liberation

    Allison Wu looks at Brambles Administration Ltd v Harvey, an appeal from a Pensions Ombudsman determination involving pension liberation which considers the time limits for bringing complaints, the test for dishonesty and contributory negligence. The article was first posted on Paul... Read more

    By Allison Wu
    Friday 11 December 2026

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    Recent Cases

    “Interests means interests?”: Fetters on pension scheme amendment powers after 3i plc v Decesare

    Pensions

    Brian Green KC | Michael Tennet KC | Fenner Moeran KC | Joseph Steadman
    Tuesday 25 November 2025

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    Paul Newman KC awarded the Wallace Medal

    Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to congratulate Paul Newman KC for winning the Wallace Medal, presented at the Association of Pension Lawyers annual conference last Thursday, for his website pensionsbarrister.com The medal is awarded by the Main Committee of the Association for... Read more

    Monday 24 November 2025

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    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... Read more

    By Edward Sawyer
    Thursday 30 October 2025

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    Rules of the DIFC courts 2025

    Tom Roscoe | Jonathan Chew | Stephen Brown | Bobby Friedman KC | Simon Atkinson | Jessica Brooke | Tara Taylor | John Grocott-Barrett | Ernest Leung
    October 2025

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    The ADGM Book

    Daniel Lewis | Daniel Jukes
    October 2025

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    Bursting the Bubble

    Naomi Kilcoyne has written an article on KO UK Pension Trustees v Barker, in which the High Court recently authorised the unlocking of surplus assets in the Coca-Cola pension scheme. The article was first posted on Paul Newman KC‘s website pensionsbarrister.com Read... Read more

    By Naomi Kilcoyne
    Tuesday 28 October 2025

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