Burges Salmon

Pi Partnership has acquired independent trustee business Temple Trustees from Burges Salmon as the consultancy firm looks to expand.

Trustees in defined benefit (DB) schemes need to act now if they want to preserve the power to refund surplus to employers.

Richard Pettit has been made partner at Burges Salmon, bringing the number of pensions partners at the firm to six.

The verdict will complicate the application of the members’ best interest principle

PP examines how schemes can seek redress for poor advice

A national framework to give local government pension scheme (LGPS) funds easier and cheaper access to legal services has been launched today.

A judge has rejected attempts by former shareholders of Desmond & Sons to withhold documents from proceedings to enforce contribution notices (CNs) issued by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

Burges Salmon has made four appointments to its pensions team as Crispin Freeman, Charlotte Osmond, Amy Davies and Stacey Yon join the practice.

Honda's UK pension scheme is facing between £47m and £70m in additional liabilities after the Court of Appeal rejected its case over faulty scheme documents.

The GeoPost UK Pension Scheme has secured a £30m buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) to cover liabilities relating to 645 pensioner members.