Podcast: Pension Disputes EP1 ' Could M&B Judgment Undermine Validity Of Rule Amendments?

• Published date: 15 February 2022
• Subject Matter: Employment and HR, Retirement, Superannuation & Pensions, Employee Benefits & Compensation
• Law Firm: Herbert Smith Freehills
• Author: Ms Antonia Pegden and Tim Smith

In the first podcast of our new Pension disputes series, Antonia Pegden, a Senior Associate in our disputes team, discusses the judgment handed down in the recent Mitchells & Butlers rectification case with Pensions Professional Support Consultant, Tim Smith.

In this podcast, Antonia discusses:

• why this judgment is significant;
• the outcome of the bona fide purchaser defence, run by Mitchells & Butlers (the scheme's principal employer) for the first time in the context of a rectification claim; and
• the impact of the judge's findings on what constitutes effective consultation with a scheme's actuary on the validity of historic and future rule amendments.]

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