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NLJ this week: Pensions storm ahead

25 June 2020
Issue: 7892 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Pensions , Covid-19
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Pensions lawyers can expect a busy time ahead, journalist Stephanie Hawthorne writes in this week’s NLJ

Litigation was brewing even before COVID-19 grabbed the world’s attention, due to underfunded company pension schemes, and the coronavirus crisis ‘has compounded this black hole’. Even just how much employers should pay in defined contributions for employees in furlough is ‘a thorny issue’, she writes.

Having conducted a quick poll of pensions lawyers, Hawthorne uncovers a host of concerns ‘all adding fuel to the fire of possible increased pent-up litigation to hit the courts soon’. 

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NEWS
The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings
Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?
Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget
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