The Month In Pensions - July 2020 - The robot will see you now

The Month in Pensions - Gowling WLG

In The Month In Pensions for July 2020, we focus on the role that technology will play in improving customer service in the pensions industry.

Ian Chapman-Curry is also joined by Gowling WLG pensions partner Joanne Tibbott to discuss the Department for Work and Pensions' review of the charge cap that is applicable to certain defined contribution schemes.

For the full text of Joanne's Insight, visit: https://gowlingwlg.com/en/insights-resources/articles/2020/dwp-kicks-off-charge-cap-review/

Also covered in this month's edition are:

- the Pension Schemes Bill 2019 - 21 delayed until autumn;

- Government consultations on changes to public sector pension schemes;

- PLSA publish a simple guide to GMP equalisation

• Click here for the PLSA’s ‘Simple Guide to GMP Equalisation’;
• Click here for the first part of our introductory Insights on GMP equalisation;
• Click here for the second part of our introductory Insights on GMP equalisation.

- High Court rectifies pension scheme’s increase rules to remove hardwired RPI provisions (Univar UK Limited v Stephen Smith and others [2020] EWHC 1596 (Ch)

• Click here for our Insight ‘High Court rectifies pension scheme’s increase provisions to remove hardwired RPI’;
• Click here for the full text of the judgment.

- High Court rectifies pension scheme’s increase rules to remove hardwired RPI provisions (Safeway Ltd v Newton & Ors (Rev 1) [2020] EWCA Civ 869 (13 July 2020)

• Click here for our Insight ‘Court of appeal rules that normal pension ages under Safeway pension scheme were equalised retrospectively’;
• Click here for the full text of the judgment.

We also look forward to some of the developments to expect in August 2020.

You can find this episode and the accompanying transcript on our website: https://gowlg.co/3DljYzJ

For more Insights, or to find out more about the pensions team at Gowling WLG, please visit www.gowlingwlg.com/pensions-uk.

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