In brief
United Kingdom, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Baker McKenzie, Corporate governance, Coronavirus, UK House of Commons
These key action points take into account the UK Pensions Regulator's recent statement on COVID-19. Trustees and employers should continue to monitor further updates from the Regulator.
Defined benefit (DB) arrangements
United Kingdom, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Baker McKenzie, Coronavirus
In 2018 the Supreme Court delivered its much-awaited decision in the case of SPV OSUS Ltd v HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Ireland) Ltd & Ors where it confirmed that the assignment of a claim is unenforceable in Irish law unless the assignment is ancillary to a bona fide transaction or the assignee has a genuine commercial interest in the assignment.
Ireland, USA, Arbitration & ADR, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Mason Hayes & Curran LLP, HSBC