The Pensions Ombudsman may not order trustees of a pension scheme to pay compensation which was ultra vires the scheme.
Citations:
Times 12-Mar-1996
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Hillsdown Holdings plc v Pensions Ombudsman 1997
The court had to answer the question of whether the Pensions Ombudsman could make orders which the court could not.
Held: It could not, Knox J said: ‘there is a real distinction between ordering compensation for inconvenience and distress . .
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Financial Services, Trusts
Updated: 10 June 2022; Ref: scu.90423