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25 June 2020
Issue: 7892 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Pensions , Covid-19
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NLJ this week: Pensions storm ahead

Pensions lawyers can expect a busy time ahead, journalist Stephanie Hawthorne writes in this week’s NLJ

Litigation was brewing even before COVID-19 grabbed the world’s attention, due to underfunded company pension schemes, and the coronavirus crisis ‘has compounded this black hole’. Even just how much employers should pay in defined contributions for employees in furlough is ‘a thorny issue’, she writes.

Having conducted a quick poll of pensions lawyers, Hawthorne uncovers a host of concerns ‘all adding fuel to the fire of possible increased pent-up litigation to hit the courts soon’. 

Read the article in full.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys senior leadership appointments

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths strengthens London Construction and Engineering practice with two strategic senior hires

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins announces strategic hire to deepen skills base in the social business sector

NEWS
More than 100 teams from the legal and financial services sectors competed in five sports at the 51st Law Society RFC Festival of Sport earlier this month
Part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment, rather than the sole cause, the Supreme Court has held in Augustine v Data Cars
Britain’s new acknowledgement that Israel’s occupation is unlawful, and accompanying settlement-goods ban and sanctions, is significant but overdue, argue Danny Friedman KC and Victor Kattan in NLJ this week
New planning fee rises, wider trade union access rights and a service-by-email trap feature in Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way
Existing defamation law can respond to AI ‘hallucinations’, but allocating responsibility will prove harder where outputs reach users without human intervention
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