Hearings
England & Wales
14 Oct 2002 [2002] EWCA Civ 1405; [2003] ICR 99; [2002] 4 All ER 860, CA
R (Britannic Asset Management Ltd) v Pensions Ombudsman
Subject Matter
TRUSTS — Pension scheme — Pensions Ombudsman — Insurance company making payments to trustees of pension scheme against company for partial surrender of policy forming part of scheme assets — Complaint of maladministration against company — Whether company “concerned with the … administration of … the scheme” — Whether jurisdiction to entertain complaint — Pension Schemes Act 1993, s 146(4)(b) (as substituted by Pensions Act 1995, s 157) — Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Pension Ombudsman) Regulations 1996, regs 1(2), 2(1)
Appellate History
R (Britannic Asset Management Ltd) v Pensions Ombudsman [2002] EWHC 441 (Admin)
Decision of Lightman J affirmed
R (Britannic Asset Management Ltd) v Pensions Ombudsman [2002] EWCA Civ 1405; [2003] ICR 99; [2002] 4 All ER 860, CA