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Pension – Pension scheme. In an earlier judgment, the claimant, IBM, was held to have breached its duty of good faith in respect of changes whereby it closed the defined benefit section of its final salary pension plan to future accrual for most employees, and it was held to be in breach of its contractual duty of trust and confidence concerning non-pensionable agreements, purportedly entered into by members in 2009, the Chancery Division made various rulings following the remedies hearing. Among other things, the court held that certain non-pensionable agreements were unenforceable and that early retirement members of the relevant pension schemes were, in principle, entitled to damages or equitable compensation from IBM as a result of the application of a new early retirement policy.
Pension – Pension scheme. In an earlier judgment, the claimant, IBM, was held to have breached its duty of good faith in respect of changes whereby it closed the defined benefit section of its final salary pension plan to future accrual for most employees, and it was held to be in breach of its contractual duty of trust and confidence concerning non-pensionable agreements, purportedly entered into by members in 2009, the Chancery Division made various rulings following the remedies hearing. Among other things, the court held that certain non-pensionable agreements were unenforceable and that early retirement members of the relevant pension schemes were, in principle, entitled to damages or equitable compensation from IBM as a result of the application of a new early retirement policy.
The Chair of the Bar reports back
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Mário Barroso, Head of R&D and Method Development at AlphaBiolabs, discusses what family law professionals need to know about hallucinogens, from the main hallucinogenic drugs encountered in family proceedings, to their effects and the testing options available
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By David Green
At the start of her term, Chair of the Bar 2026 Kirsty Brimelow KC set out a series of priorities for the year ahead. One of those priorities was children in the justice system
As the world becomes more digital, Barbara Vinagre Mota examines international research into the mental health consequences of judges’ exposure to graphic and immersive evidence, highlighting the importance of support systems
In an era of patient-centred care and growing concern over misconduct in medical settings, why do women still lack the right to choose women consultants for examination and treatment? Charles Davey investigates
Reviewed by Daniel Barnett
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