Insolvent employers' pension debts could balloon under a landmark legal case on the use of annuity rates to calculate section 75 liabilities, a lawyer says.
The union-led appeals against the government's indexation switch will go ahead later this month and coincide with a protest against the changes outside the court.
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Unions have appealed the High Court judgement which ruled the government's decision to uprate public sector pensions in line with CPI inflation was lawful.
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The groups that failed in a judicial review of the government's indexation switch intend to appeal the decision - a move which will lead to further uncertainty for schemes.
The government's decision to switch from RPI to CPI to calculate annual public sector pension upgrades has been ruled lawful in the High Court.
Unions challenging the government's switch of inflation measures for up-rating public sector pensions in the High Court are arguing the move contravenes the Human Rights Acts.
Two pensioner groups will challenge the government in the High Court today over its decision to switch to the Consumer Prices Index for up-rating public sector pensions.
The scheme at the heart of a legal dispute between trustees and the Pension Protection Fund has finally completed its transfer to the lifeboat fund one year after it went into liquidation.