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A member who initially made a £23,923 maladministration claim was handed just £500 compensation by the deputy pensions ombudsman.

Trustees bid farewell to Hastings Bass

Some trustees risk their members being entitled to benefits based on uncapped salary when old Inland Revenue limits fall away after April 5, lawyers warn.

Trustees must amend scheme rules quickly if they want pre-A-Day limits to continue to apply so a legal loophole does not increase member benefits, a lawyer says.

Two trustees were found guilty of breach of trust after a member complained five months' of his defined benefit contributions had vanished.

Tackling spiralling deficits is trustees' single highest priority in the next year, the inaugural Nabarro Pension Survey shows.

The High Court has overturned a Pensions Ombudsman decision that left a deceased member's unmarried partner of 20 years empty handed despite maladministration.

Offering financial advice to members about scheme changes will drag out consultation periods even longer than current regulations stipulate, a lawyer says.

Blake Lapthorn has appointed Ian Flowers as a partner in its pensions team.

Bosses were ordered to keep up benefit payments to a long-serving former employee despite no pension documentation or contracts existing.