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Approaches to applying a pension increase underpin (FDR v Dutton)

By Simon Atkinson
Tuesday 9 May 2017

News

Dubai Breakfast Seminar

What’s on their mind? Wednesday 17 May 2017  We are delighted to invite you to our latest breakfast seminar involving a series of short presentations on issues concerning parties’ states of mind in commercial disputes. Tom Roscoe, Jonathan Chew and... Read more

Wednesday 3 May 2017

News

Wilberforce Pensions Lectures – June 2017

Wilberforce Chambers invites you to a series of lectures by senior practitioners on topics of particular interest to non-contentious pensions lawyers. Wilberforce Chambers has a well-established reputation in the field of pensions law, due in large part to the late... Read more

Friday 28 April 2017

Recent Cases

Twin Benefits v Barker

Chancery Division

Jonathan Seitler KC
Wednesday 19 April 2017

News

FDR Ltd v Dutton: how pension increase underpins operate

Date: Wednesday 3 May 2017 (1.0 CPD) Location:  The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL (Please make your way to The Reading Room) Time: Registration will begin at 6.00pm, with the seminar starting promptly at 6.30pm.  This will be followed... Read more

Wednesday 19 April 2017

Recent Cases

Icebreaker – Seven Individuals v HMRC

Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)

Jonathan Davey KC
Thursday 13 April 2017

News

Icebreaker – Seven Individuals v HMRC

Seven Individual Referrers v HMRC [2016] UKUT 0361 (TCC) Jonathan Davey QC has won a major victory for HMRC in a high profile tax case. In the appeal of the “member level” issues in the long running Icebreaker litigation the Upper Tribunal... Read more

Wednesday 12 April 2017

Recent Cases

Clutterbuck v Cleghorn

The Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Jonathan Seitler KC | Emer Murphy
Thursday 6 April 2017

News

FDR Ltd v Dutton

The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in the case of FDR Ltd v Dutton & ors [2017] EWCA Civ 200.  This case concerned how an underpin should operate in relation to increases to pensions in payment for an occupational pension... Read more

Monday 3 April 2017

Recent Cases

Dutton v FDR Ltd

High Court of Justice

Paul Newman KC | Simon Atkinson
Monday 3 April 2017

News

Clutterbuck v Cleghorn

This was an appeal against the striking out of the Claimants’ claim as an abuse of process.  In 2010, the Claimants brought a claim against Sarah Al Amoudi, relying on various causes of action relating to alleged high-value property joint... Read more

Friday 31 March 2017

News

Commercial Litigation Conference

The Grange St. Paul’s Hotel, 10 Godliman St, London EC4V 5AJ Thursday 30 March 2017 (3.5 CPD) 2.30pm – 6.30pm The Wilberforce Annual Commercial Litigation Conference looks this year at the issue of remedies. We will be considering the practicalities of... Read more

Monday 27 March 2017