Eversheds

Tom Selby looks at the potentially costly clarification of equal pay regulations for local authorities

Employers who thought they were free of funding obligations might still be "on the hook" for paying liabilities, following a High Court ruling yesterday.

Corporate trustees could risk civil or criminal action if they fail to comply with potentially costly new regulations on climate change, Eversheds warns.

Cabinet Office attempts to reform the Civil Service Compensation Scheme have been quashed following a judicial review.

Gary Delderfield of Eversheds looks at the difficult legal issues involved with the insolvencies of private contractors for local authorities, with regards to the pension rights of their employees

Trustees of the John Lewis Partnership Trust have appointed Eversheds to act as the £2bn pension scheme's legal adviser.

HM Revenue & Customs will struggle to cope with a deluge of information requests from trustees attempting to equalise guaranteed minimum pension payments, industry figures warn.

Government moves to overhaul the section 75 debt regime have fallen short of industry expectations and have been branded a disappointment by employers.

More than two-thirds of contractors who take on outsourced local authority services are unaware of potentially crippling pensions costs at the end of their contract, Punter Southall research reveals.

The ruling in the long-running Imperial Décor case has left the government in breach of European law obligations, Eversheds says.