Bridge Trustees Ltd v Yates (Secretary of State for Work and Pensions intervening)

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Bridge Trustees Ltd v Yates (Secretary of State for Work and Pensions intervening)

Hearings

England & Wales

01 May 2008 [2008] EWHC 964 (Ch); [2008] Pen LR 261, Ch D (Sarah Asplin QC)

04 Mar 2010 [2010] EWCA Civ 179; [2010] ICR 921; [2010] WLR (D) 65, CA (Mummery, Wilson, Rimer LJJ)

(appn all) [2010] ICR 1368, SC(E)

27 Jul 2011 [2011] UKSC 42; [2011] 1 WLR 1912; [2011] ICR 1069; [2012] 1 All ER 659; [2011] WLR (D) 267; Case details, SC(E) (Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Mance, Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony JJSC, Lord Collins of Mapesbury)

Additional names

Bridge Trustees Ltd v Houldsworth (Secretary of State for Work and Pensions intervening)

Subject Matter

TRUSTS — Pension scheme — Underprovision — Salary related scheme restructured to provide benefits related to members’ contributions and matching credits from employer — Whether benefits attributable to employer's credits “derived from” member's voluntary contributions — Whether money purchase benefits — Whether features of scheme precluding benefits from being money purchase benefits — Pension Schemes Act 1993, s 181(1) — Pensions Act 1995, s 73 — Occupational Pension Schemes (Winding up) Regulations 1996, reg 13

[2010] EWCA Civ 179; [2010] ICR 921; [2010] WLR (D) 65, CA

[2011] UKSC 42; [2011] 1 WLR 1912; [2011] ICR 1069; [2012] 1 All ER 659; [2011] WLR (D) 267; Case details, SC(E)

Appellate History

Bridge Trustees Ltd v Yates (Secretary of State for Work and Pensions intervening) [2010] EWCA Civ 179; [2010] ICR 921; [2010] WLR (D) 65, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed

Bridge Trustees Ltd v Yates (Secretary of State for Work and Pensions intervening) [2011] UKSC 42; [2011] 1 WLR 1912; [2011] ICR 1069; [2012] 1 All ER 659; [2011] WLR (D) 267; Case details, SC(E)

Bridge Trustees Ltd v Yates (Secretary of State for Work and Pensions intervening) [2008] EWHC 964 (Ch); [2008] Pen LR 261, Ch D

Decision of Sarah Asplin QC sitting as a deputy judge of the Chancery Division reversed in part

Bridge Trustees Ltd v Yates (Secretary of State for Work and Pensions intervening) [2010] EWCA Civ 179; [2010] ICR 921; [2010] WLR (D) 65, CA

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