British Airways

James Phillips explores how the upcoming judgement in the multi-stranded British Airways case could impact the sector

The aggregate deficit of British Airways' (BA) pension schemes has climbed 94% since the end of June, despite one scheme increasing its surplus.

Pension schemes have been forced to rethink and reshape by the courts over the last 20 years. James Phillips looks back at the most impactful cases

2016 was a big year for pensions in the courts, but the coming months already have a number of potentially game-changing cases lined up. James Phillips explores the cases to watch

In the fourth and final part of our pensions timeline PP Online looks at what happened in pensions between October and December.

This week's biggest stories included coverage of the final day of the landmark British Airways case in the High Court, PP's definitive list of the top pension schemes in the UK, and the government revealing details on its 2017 auto-enrolment review.

This year has been a tumultuous one for pensions but Helen Morrissey believes we need to take the time to learn lessons from what has happened.

A victory for trustees in a landmark High Court battle would result in employers being scared to agree to recovery plans, the lawyer for British Airways (BA) has argued.

The Airways Pension Scheme (APS) trustees were "entirely reasonable" when including £55m annual recovery payments and a £250m contingent payment in their discretionary increase framework, their lawyer has said.

This week the High Court heard the BA trustees' actions led to corrosion of role and responsibility, while the industry welcomed plans to crack down on fraudulent transfers.