All Supreme Court articles
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NewsUnion takes Bolt to court over pension rights
GMB union is taking ride-hailing service Bolt to court in a bid to grant its drivers employment rights including pensions, while Uber has promised a Sharia-compliant pension fund for its drivers by October.
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NewsWaspi women ‘frustrated’ at ombudsman delays
On the go: Campaign group Women Against State Pension Inequality have spoken of their frustration after “waiting for months” for the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to make a decision regarding their case.
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OpinionCourt case may restrict international reach of TPR’s powers
A recent Supreme Court ruling on corporate fraud has given some much-needed guidance on the extent to which a prosecuting authority’s information-gathering powers have extraterritorial reach.
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Supreme Court rejects BackTo60 state pension appeal
On the go: An appeal against state pension age changes for women born in the 1950s has been denied by the Supreme Court, leaving campaigners disappointed after hopes of a return to the old pension age.
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Uber ruling may not solve gig worker pensions issue
On the go: The Supreme Court may have opened the door to workplace pension schemes for gig workers by ruling that Uber drivers are workers — but former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb warned the issue may not yet be resolved.
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Govt to correct part-time judges’ pensions by 2022
On the go: The Ministry of Justice plans to lay regulations in early 2022 with amendments to the Fee-Paid Judicial Pension Scheme, in a move that will provide remedy to judges who are owed past pension contributions.
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United Biscuits awaits CJEU ruling in long-lasting VAT saga
On the go: The trustees of United Biscuits’ defined benefit pension scheme are waiting for a final ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union, after the advocate general sided with HM Revenue & Customs on a long-lasting battle on value added tax.
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Local government pension schemes invest in bank guilty of tax evasion
A number of local government pension schemes have come under fire over their investments in a troubled Israeli bank, according to research seen by Pensions Expert.
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Supreme Court lifts ban on political investments by local council pensions
On the go: Local council pension schemes can now invest against the government’s foreign policy, after the Supreme Court ruled a ban on politically motivated boycotts was unlawful.
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OpinionSchemes should be alert to Supreme Court’s part-time ruling
The UK government is facing a compensation bill of hundreds of millions of pounds following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Miller and others v Ministry of Justice.
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Treasury accepts pension reforms were unlawful
On the go: The Treasury accepted that its 2015 public sector pension reforms were unlawful on Monday, with the court judgment likely to cost the department £4bn a year and restrict the next chancellor’s spending.
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Supreme Court denies BT right to appeal in £2bn indexation battle
On the go: The Supreme Court has denied BT the opportunity to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s ruling preventing the company from downgrading the inflation protection given to some of its defined benefit members.
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OpinionEqualisation will dominate court cases in 2019
The past year has been a busy one for pensions lawyers, and 2019 looks set to deliver much of the same.
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PodcastsPodcast: What can we learn from the Barnardo's outcome?
Podcast: Earlier this month, the Supreme Court ruled that Barnardo’s cannot change the inflation protection it provides to members of its defined benefit scheme from the retail price index to the consumer price index. So, what does the result mean for other DB pension funds and their sponsors? Matthew de Ferrars, pensions partner at law firm Pinsent Masons, and Faye Jarvis, pensions partner at law firm Hogan Lovells, discuss what trustees can learn from the recent Barnardo’s outcome.
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Barnardo's scheme loses Supreme Court RPI appeal
On the go: Children's charity Barnardo's may not change the inflation protection it provides to members of its defined benefit scheme, the Supreme Court has ruled.
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NewsSupreme Court: Barnardo's wording does not allow RPI/CPI switch
The Supreme Court’s rejection of an attempt by Barnardo’s to downgrade its pension increases is a reminder that courts are unlikely to bend rules to accommodate the commercial needs of defined benefit sponsors, according to legal experts.
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Civil partner LGPS survivor benefits set to match widows
Survivors of same-sex civil partnerships and same-sex marriage will receive the same survivor benefits as those provided to widows under new proposals for the Local Government Pension Scheme.
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NewsPlumber wins workers' rights case
The Supreme Court has upheld a verdict that Gary Smith, a former contractor who carried out work for Pimlico Plumbers between 2005 and 2011, was indeed a worker at the company and was consequently entitled to workers’ rights there.
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OpinionDB disputes: Solutions must be cost-efficient
From the blog: A number of important court cases involving defined benefit schemes are expected to be handed down in 2018.
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OpinionPensions have got a little more equal
Editorial: The Supreme Court's decision to grant Mr Walker’s husband spousal benefit entitlements as if he were a wife should be applauded. But it is sad to learn that UK law still enshrined unequal treatment of gay people.