ITV Plc and Others v The Pensions Regulator With Box Clever Trustees Ltd As An Interested Party: UTTC 18 May 2018

PENSIONS REGULATOR – Financial support direction – pension scheme of joint venture company insufficiently resourced – jurisdiction – whether Targets connected with or an associate of the employer at the relevant time – yes – whether the legislation can be applied to events all of which occurred before legislation came into force – yes – whether different treatment by Regulator of Targets to co-joint
venturer lawful- yes- whether presence of moral hazard necessary – no – whether reasonable to impose financial support direction on the Targets – yes – Pensions Act 2004 ss 43, 100 and 103 – references dismissed

Citations:

[2018] UKUT 164 (TCC)

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Pensions Act 2004

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Financial Services

Updated: 22 April 2022; Ref: scu.616369