Pensions: law, policy and practice

"State pensions are the largest item in the UK social security budget, costing £96.7 billion in 2017/18. In the same year, 45.6 million people were members of UK occupational pension schemes (out of a total population of 66.4 million) and the total amount saved into workplace schemes in 2018 was £90.4 billion. A consequence of the pensions sector's large size has been that pensions law and social security law have become increasingly specialised areas of practice. Yet despite their social and economic importance and the fascinating legal issues they generate, pensions have not been the subject of sustained academic attention. This book starts to fill this gap by initiating a dialogue between practitioners and scholars working on pensions law and policy, groups who have much to learn from one another"--

"The essays in this book were originally presented at the WG Hart Legal Workshop 2019, held at UCL on 20 and 21 June 2019"--ECIP acknowledgements.

Trusts as Pension Pots : A Legal-Historical Perspective, c 1800-1925 / Sinéad Agnew -- UK Collective Defined Contribution : Is it 'Dutch-Style' Collective Defined Contribution? / Sandeep Maudgil and Hans Van Meerten -- The Employer Covenant : Status in Law and Operation in Practice / Paul Brice -- Interpretation of Pension Trusts : Applying the General Rules? / David Pollard -- Rectification and Pensions / Paul S Davies -- The Pension Fund as a 'Virtual' Institution / M Scott Donald -- Legal Consequences of the Flawed Exercise of Scheme Powers / Jessica Hudson and Charles Mitchell -- Expertise in Pension Trusteeship / Deborah Mabbett -- Pension Scheme Decision-Making Influencers / Charles Cameron -- The Social Role of Occupational Pension Schemes / James Kolaczkowski -- Public Law Perspectives on the IBM Case / Philip Sales -- Pensions Law, IBM v Dalgleish and the Public/Private Divide / Alan Bogg and Mark Freedland -- The Improper Purpose Rule : An Employer's Tool to Control Pension Trustees in Need of Reappraisal / Dan Schaffer -- Pensions and the Modern Workforce / Alysia Blackham -- The Courts, Non-Discrimination and Systemic Change in UK Public Sector Pension Schemes / Lydia …