Flexiplan wins right to withhold scheme surplus payments

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The High Court has ruled trustees in the Federated Flexiplan case have the discretion to award or withhold any surplus arising in the scheme from members.

Trustees of Flexiplan, a form of final salary scheme which entitled members to a slice of any scheme surpluses, decided to stop paying the top-up to deferred members when the scheme fell into a £20...

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