2014-07-19

Pension Pension scheme. The trustees of the BT pension scheme had asked the court to determine the extent of the Crown guarantee pursuant to s68 of the as it applied to the pension scheme. The Crown guarantee had been given at the time when the British Telecommunications Corporation had been privatised and had become British Telecommunications plc (BT). The judge had made declarations as to the interpretation of cl20 of the deed that had established the scheme and s68 of the Act. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, allowed the Secretary of State's appeal in part.

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Country:

GB

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Indexing Terms:

Accounting

Pension Scheme Funding, Surpluses & Deficits

Pension Accounts

Trusts & Trustees

Equity & Trusts

Companies & Corporate Bodies

Mergers & Acquisitions

Telecommunications

Personal & Occupational Pensions

Trust Disputes

Succession Law & Estate Planning

Pensions Administration

Civil Procedure & Administration of Justice

Pension Trustees

Corporate Reorganisation

Contentious Probate & Trusts

Voluntary Winding Up

Information Technology & Telecommunications

Insolvency Law

Litigation Procedure & Practice

Pensions Law

Company Law & Business Entities

Deficits in Occupational Pension Schemes

Competition Law

Liquidation

Source Name:

All England Reporter

Jurisdiction:

EnglandandWales

Court:

0

Court Code:

CACivD

Judgement Date:

Wed, 2014-07-16

Court Classify:

Court of Appeal, Civil Division

Cite:

[2014] All ER (D) 182 (Jul)

Case Name:

*Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport v BT Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd and another

Judge:

Lord Justice Rimer, Lady Justice Gloster and Sir Stanley Burnton

Prosecution Counsel:

James Eadie QC and Jonathan Evans QC (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the Secretary of State.

Defendent Counsel:

Alan Steinfeld QC and Jonathan Hilliard (instructed by Hogan Lovells International LLP) for the trustees.

Catch Words:

Pension

Pension scheme

Company pension scheme

Deficit

Buy-out deficit

Guarantee

Company pension scheme providing for payment of its liabilities by British Telecommunications Corporation

Secretary of State guaranteeing obligations of corporation's obligations on termination of scheme

Privatisation of telecommunications business resulting in transfer of business to first defendant company (BT)

Trustees of scheme seeking declarations as to operation and scheme and Crown guarantee

Judge making declarations

Secretary of State appealing

Whether relevant deed containing obligation on BT to pay buy-out lump sum on scheme termination

Whether Crown guarantee covering BT's liability in respect of post-transfer date joiners or limited to liability in respect of pre-transfer joiners

, .

Parent nid:

July

Availability:

Locked

Top content:

No

Representation:

James Eadie QC and Jonathan Evans QC (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the Secretary of State.

Alan Steinfeld QC and Jonathan Hilliard (instructed by Hogan Lovells International LLP) for the trustees.

Andrew Simmonds QC and Henry Legge QC (instructed by BT Legal) for BT.

Neutral Cite:

[2014] EWCA Civ 958

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