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ArticleBudget 2025: Pensions ChangesHere we summarise the key pensions changes announced in the Autumn 2025 Budget. United KingdomEmployment and HRAddleshaw Goddard
ArticleChanges To Law On Pension Scheme Surpluses AnnouncedThe Government has announced changes to the law on pension scheme surpluses. Its response to the "Options for Defined benefit schemes" consultation also clarifies current Government thinking...United KingdomEmployment and HRAddleshaw Goddard
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ArticleNo Breach Of Duty Of Trust And Confidence When Employer Did Not Request Pension IncreaseWill an employer be in breach of its duty of trust and confidence if it doesn't seek to grant discretionary pension increases in years of high inflation?United KingdomEmployment and HRAddleshaw Goddard
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ArticleTrustee Ordered To Pay Over £50,000 Following Lump Sum Death Benefit DelayWe look at a recent Ombudsman decision in which a failure by a pension scheme to pay a lump sum within two years of being notified of the member's death...United KingdomEmployment and HRAddleshaw Goddard
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ArticleFinancial Regulation - In The Know: Payments – December 2025The UK is progressing digital money regulation through several workstreams led by the Government, industry, and regulators.United KingdomFinance and BankingAddleshaw Goddard
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ArticleLeeds Reforms Outline Plans For Financial Services SectorOn 15 July, HM Treasury announced Leeds Reforms which represent the most comprehensive overhaul of the UK financial system in over a decade...United KingdomFinance and BankingAddleshaw Goddard
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ArticleCase Update - El-Husseini And Another v Invest Bank PSC [2025] UKSC 4An article summarising the recent Supreme Court decision in El-Husseini and another v Invest Bank PSC [2025] UKSC 4. The case considered the scope and construction of section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986.United KingdomInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringAddleshaw Goddard
ArticleESG: The Boardroom OpportunityDespite politics, ESG remains a strategic imperative for businesses with long-term ambitions. The risk of stranded assets is just one issue that underscores...United KingdomReal Estate and ConstructionAddleshaw Goddard
ArticleTax Tribunal Denies Import VAT Deduction For Customer-owned GoodsIn TSI Instruments Ltd v HMRC [2025] UKFTT 1278 (TC), the First-tier Tax Tribunal held that a deduction for import VAT as input tax was not available where a company...United KingdomTaxAddleshaw Goddard
ArticleFinancial Regulation - In The Know: PaymentsRegulation of cryptossets in the UK is picking up speed and providing the long-awaited clarity for the regulation of this sector. This commenced with the HM Treasury (HMT) publishing a near-final draft...United KingdomTechnologyAddleshaw Goddard