High Court rules IBM breached good faith over scheme closure

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IBM did breach its duty of good faith to members in closing its defined benefit (DB) schemes, the High Court has ruled.

The judgment from Mr Justice Warren found the UK subsidiary of the multinational computing business had not met its legal responsibilities towards members when it closed the schemes to future accru...

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