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Pensions in 30: 18. Employer's duty of good faith
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Key points
- The Imperial case (Imperial Group Pension Trust Ltd. v. Imperial Tobacco Ltd. [1991] 1 W.L.R. 589) established that an employer owes a duty to pension scheme members (including employees, former employees and dependants of members) when exercising its powers under the scheme.
- Summarised, the employer's duty is not, without reasonable or proper cause, to act in a way calculated or likely to destroy or damage the relationship of trust and confidence between employer and scheme member.
- For the employer to have acted in breach of duty, it needs to be shown that it acted irrationally or perversely, in a way in which no reasonable employer acting in good faith would. Although it is entitled to take into account its own interests in deciding what to do, those interests need to be weighed against any reasonable expectations which employers had created.
- The IBM case (IBM (UK) Holdings Ltd v Dalgleish [2014] EWHC 980 (Ch)) has recently considered this area.
You can find this episode and the accompanying transcript on our website: https://gowlg.co/3eDorTO
Gowling WLG is an international full-service law firm working across a range of industry sectors including real estate, government, financial services, life sciences and technology. We operate across the world with offices in the UK, Europe, Canada and the Middle East.
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Manage episode 184818030 series 1460512
Key points
- The Imperial case (Imperial Group Pension Trust Ltd. v. Imperial Tobacco Ltd. [1991] 1 W.L.R. 589) established that an employer owes a duty to pension scheme members (including employees, former employees and dependants of members) when exercising its powers under the scheme.
- Summarised, the employer's duty is not, without reasonable or proper cause, to act in a way calculated or likely to destroy or damage the relationship of trust and confidence between employer and scheme member.
- For the employer to have acted in breach of duty, it needs to be shown that it acted irrationally or perversely, in a way in which no reasonable employer acting in good faith would. Although it is entitled to take into account its own interests in deciding what to do, those interests need to be weighed against any reasonable expectations which employers had created.
- The IBM case (IBM (UK) Holdings Ltd v Dalgleish [2014] EWHC 980 (Ch)) has recently considered this area.
You can find this episode and the accompanying transcript on our website: https://gowlg.co/3eDorTO
Gowling WLG is an international full-service law firm working across a range of industry sectors including real estate, government, financial services, life sciences and technology. We operate across the world with offices in the UK, Europe, Canada and the Middle East.
We regularly talk about a broad range of topics that may be of interest to you. Subscribe to receive our latest articles, podcasts and webinars straight to your inbox: https://gowlg.co/35efH2r
Alternatively, you can view our full selection of insights and resources here: https://gowlg.co/3IwEr41
Want to get to know us? Follow us on:
LinkedIn: https://gowlg.co/3hqmatB Twitter: https://gowlg.co/35Do0nY Facebook: https://gowlg.co/3th2w8N Instagram: https://gowlg.co/3tEf2iq
This podcast may contain information of general interest about current legal issues, but does not give legal advice.
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