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A new case means good news for employers with a pension scheme surplus
Does the Inner Court of the Court of Session’s decision in the abrdn case open the door fully to pension scheme resulting trusts? Penny...
27/09/23Automatic Enrolment – extension of thresholds
Hot on the heels of Pension Awareness Week (11-15 September), new legislation abolishing the lower earnings limit for contributions and...
22/09/23Accessing pension scheme surplus: what's in the Consultation Paper?
On 23 February 2024, the Government launched a consultation on proposals to help well-funded DB schemes invest in assets that support...
15/03/24All change for the Lifetime Allowance from 6 April 2024?
Penny Cogher and Harriet Fletcher from Irwin Mitchell's Pensions team explain how the Finance Act 2024 affects pensions tax. Key points...
13/03/24I'm still standing - survivor benefits
The Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Equal Treatment by Occupational Pension Schemes) Regulations 2023 affect occupational pension schemes...
04/12/23The pension pay gap: what needs to change to give women parity with men?
The pensions gender pay gap in 2024 is alarming. According to a new report by NOW: Pensions women face significant disadvantages in terms...
09/02/24Update on the Pension Schemes Bill 2020
By Penny Cogher, Pensions partner at Irwin Mitchell. Progress with the Pension Schemes Bill has been paused yet again following the...
27/08/20Investment governance – ESG considerations for DC and DB Schemes
By Penny Cogher, Pensions partner at Irwin MItchell. From October 2020, pension trustees are required to provide further information...
27/08/20TPR COVID-19: an update on reporting duties and enforcement activity
By Penny Cogher, Pensions partner at Irwin Mitchell. Reporting requirements for those running a pension scheme that were paused in...
27/08/20The possible reform of Pension Tax this autumn
By Penny Cogher, Pensions partner at Irwin Mitchell. The reform of UK pension tax system is now a cause of perennial speculation each...
27/08/20The possible reform of pension tax this Autumn
By Penny Cogher, Pensions Partner The reform of UK pension tax system is now a cause of perennial speculation each budget. This is not...
10/08/20Pensions and furloughing - key issues for employers
Pensions expert, Penny Cogher takes a look at the issues employers need to be aware of when making pension contributions to furloughed...
08/04/20Latest pensions guidance from The Pensions Regulator on auto-enrolment compliance and the coronavirus
Last week, our pensions expert, Penny Cogher looked at the key issues employers need to be aware of when making pension contributions to...
14/04/20In the spotlight: Discretionary Increases
Penny Cogher and Harriet Fletcher from the Irwin Mitchell Pensions team explain why the BP Pension Scheme has recently featured in the...
24/01/24Festive funding rows: CIL, planning fees & local authority funding
We are now officially in December, which means that festive-ness is now socially acceptable*. As such, I thought we should get properly...
02/12/22Spring Budget 2021
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has today set out the government’s tax and spending plans in his latest Budget. The announcement included...
03/03/21Coronavirus: Pensions Regulator eases up on compliance
At long last the Pensions Regulator has announced some further easements – relaxations that it will apply at least until 30 June 2020 in...
16/04/20Environmental Weekly News Round Up - 29 September 2023
Achieving Net Zero - What You Need To Know What are the legal intricacies surrounding Net Zero? What challenges do businesses face, and...
02/10/23There's gotta be something better than this: CIL breaks the link between new development and infrastructure provision - and this is a problem.
If you have not read today's Property Week, I thoroughly recommend it. One of the lead features is an investigation into the rate at...
12/03/21Toolkit published to help organisations bridge the gender pay gap
The Government backed - Women's Business Council's Men as Change Agents group - has published a toolkit of practical advice aimed at...
14/09/18Why the Apprenticeship Levy is treated as another tax
John Timpson, the Chairman of Timpson, writing in The Telegraph newspaper explains why his company does not benefit from the annual...
09/01/18Brexit and a little controversy over a proposed permanent EU delegation office in Northern Ireland
On 27 April 2020, Penny Mordaunt, the UK Government Paymaster- General and the alternate UK Co-Chair of UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement Joint...
29/04/20The High Street in a post-COVID world
By Megan Forbes, Irwin Mitchell Solicitor 2019 was reported to be the worst year on record for retail in the UK…and then along came...
31/07/20What’s new Birmingham?
This weekend I woke up to a Passle reminder that I haven’t posted anything recently. I haven't met my target!! Welcome to 2020 - an...
27/01/20New case gives breathing room for pension schemes regarding the data protection risks of member correspondence
The High Court’s decision in Farley v Paymaster (1836) Ltd [2024] EWHC 383 (KB) has struck out the majority of claims brought by 474...
21/04/24Budget 2024: impact on Pension Schemes
Yesterday I set out my initial post budget thoughts Budget 2024: UK Defined Contribution Pension Changes (irwinmitchell.com) Today, I am...
07/03/24Budget 2024: UK Defined Contribution Pension Changes
During his Budget speech today, the Chancellor followed up on the announcement he trailed over the weekend that UK Defined Contribution...
06/03/24Surplus - can employers have their cake and eat it?
On 22 November, I gave my initial thoughts on the Chancellor's Autumn Statement. Here I take a closer look at what the announcement means...
04/12/23Pension scheme surpluses: The Mansion House Reforms
On 10 July 2023, the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, announced several initiatives, the so called “Mansion House Reforms” to help kickstart the...
08/09/23How do you solve a problem like Accrual?
Final Salary Schemes: accruals, amendments, and member “interests” 17 years ago, on Saturday 29 July 2006, UK television viewers settled...
07/09/23