Snapshot
The Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited judgment today in the Nortel/Lehman case on where a contribution notice (CN) or financial support direction (FSD) issued by the Pensions Regulator (TPR) on a company that is already in insolvency proceedings (eg administration) ranks in the order of priority of payment.
United Kingdom, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Debt, The Pensions Regulator (UK), Supreme Court of the United States
Summary
The Court of Appeal’s judgment in The Trustees of the Olympic Airlines SA Pension & Life Insurance Scheme v Olympic Airlines SA [2013] EWCA Civ 643 has clarified what is required to fall within the definition of an ‘establishment’ for the purposes of the EC Insolvency Regulation (the Insolvency Regulation).
European Union, United Kingdom, Aviation, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Pension Protection Fund, Pensions Act 2004 (UK), Court of Appeal of England & Wales