Pensions

Sinéad Agnew is Lecturer in Property Law, Paul S Davies is Professor of Commercial Law and Charles Mitchell is Professor of Law, all at University College London.

A fascinating read … the book’s main strengths are in bringing together a diverse range of academics, legal practitioners and legal scholars to provide an enlightening and thought-provoking collection of chapters discussing pensions policy, law and practice. Drawing on a range of policy and practice examples, it provides a detailed account of complex debates and legal considerations in relation to pensions, showing the challenges of competing demands on the various roles and responsibilities of different parties and interest groups in the field. It is a well written and informative text.

• 1. Trusts as Pension Pots: A Legal-Historical Perspective, c 1800–1925 Sinéad Agnew2. UK Collective Defined Contribution: Is it ‘Dutch-Style’ Collective Defined Contribution? Sandeep Maudgil and Hans Van Meerten3. The Employer Covenant: Status in Law and Operation in Practice Paul Brice4. Interpretation of Pension Trusts: Applying the General Rules? David Pollard5. Rectification and Pensions Paul S Davies6. The Pension Fund as a ‘Virtual’ Institution M Scott Donald7. Legal Consequences of the Flawed Exercise of Scheme Powers Jessica Hudson and Charles Mitchell8. Expertise in Pension Trusteeship Deborah Mabbett9. Pension Scheme Decision-Making Influencers Charles Cameron10. The Social Role of Occupational Pension Schemes James Kolaczkowski11. Public Law Perspectives on the IBM Case Philip Sales12. Pensions Law, IBM v Dalgleish and the Public/Private Divide Alan Bogg and Mark Freedland13. The Improper Purpose Rule: An Employer’s Tool to Control Pension Trustees in Need of ReappraisalDan Schaffer14. Pensions and the Modern Workforce Alysia Blackham15. The Courts, Non-Discrimination and Systemic Change in UK Public Sector Pension Schemes Lydia Seymour16. Cutting Pension Rights for Public Workers in the United States: Don’t Look to the Courts for Help Ronald H Rosenberg17. Till Pensions Do Us Part: The Pension Advisory Group and the Search for Consensus on Divorce Hilary Woodward and Rhys Taylor18. ‘Pension Freedoms’, Social Care and Inheritance Brian Sloan