The end of the road

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A recent court ruling could spell the end of the tortuous journey downhill that the defined benefit scheme has taken since the happier times of the early 90s, says Maria Riccio

Judgment in Foster Wheeler v Hanley and Others given on November 28 could be the final nail in the coffin for a number of UK defined benefit pension schemes. The effect is that some schemes are, or...

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