PO determination requiring trustees to reconsider discretion (Earle 76674/1)

Table of contents

• Original news
• Summary
• What were the facts?
• What was the Pensions Ombudsman’s Determination?
• What was the impact of this determination?

Article summary

Pensions analysis: In Earle (76674/1), the Pensions Ombudsman upheld a complaint brought by the widow of a deceased member that the trustees of her late husband’s scheme had improperly failed to consider her as a potential recipient of a lump sum death benefit. Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP looks at the decision.