SPP Conference 2025: Legal Update: Key Cases and Decisions

SPP Conference: Legal Update: Key Cases and Decisions

This session forms an integral part of the SPP Conference programme, providing a wide-ranging legal update on areas of significance to the pensions industry. Delivered by an expert panel, the session will explore the practical implications of the following:

• Virgin Media judgment, including the latest Pension Schemes Bill drafting on how schemes can deal with their Virgin Media issues
• Surplus use, exploring the recent Arcadia case and a reminder of the key surplus case law
• Other key cases of interest, including Dawson-Damer v Grampian Trust Company; Renishaw v Ross Trustees and TPO decisions on Discretionary increases.

Panel:

• Karen Mumgaard, Knowledge Counsel, Slaughter and May
• Andy Cork, Partner, A&O Shearman
• Jeremy Goodwin, Partner and Head of Pensions, Eversheds Sutherland
• Matthew Masters, Trustee and Employer Advocate, Spence & Partners (Chair)