Sacker & Partners LLP: court cases and practice areas

Practice areas

Pensions14
Trusts, wills and private client8
Commercial disputes1
Employment1
Public and administrative law1

Courts

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)2
High Court12

Counsel most often instructed

Brian Green3

Judgments by year

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Cases later courts cite most

Cases Sacker & Partners LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date	Case	Cited by
28 Jun 2010	The PNPF Trust Company Ltd v Taylor & Ors [2010] EWHC 1573 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division The court held that a pension scheme trustee’s power to amend its rules may extend to imposing substantially greater contribution obligations, including…	12
11 Apr 2014	Honda Motor Europe Ltd & Anor v Powell & Anor [2014] EWCA Civ 437 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) A deed admitting a new employer and its employees to an occupational pension scheme must be construed by reference to its language, the scheme documents…	7
14 Apr 2011	Prudential Staff Pensions Ltd v The Prudential Assurance Company Ltd & Ors [2011] EWHC 960 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division An employer’s discretion to award discretionary pension increases is constrained by the implied obligation of good faith, but that obligation does not require…	7
26 Jan 2018	Wedgwood Pension Plan Trustee Ltd v Salt [2018] EWHC 79 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division A pension scheme amendment power protecting the rights of members ordinarily protects rights accrued through past service, including the final-salary link, but…	4
28 Jul 2016	Saga Group Ltd & Anor v Paul [2016] EWHC 2344 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division Rectification of pension scheme documentation may be granted summarily where the court has carefully examined the evidence, the claim has no realistic prospect…	3

Recent cases

Date	Case	Cited by
15 Dec 2022	Honda Group-UK Pension Scheme Trustee Limited & Ors v Mercer Limited & Anor [2022] EWHC 3197 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division On applications for strike out and summary judgment, the court must apply a common test: whether the claim has a realistic, rather than fanciful, prospect of…
5 May 2020	Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd vTrustees of the Arup UK Pension Scheme [2020] EWHC 1064 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division In construing pension scheme rules, the court gives substantial weight to the chosen words and the long-term nature of the instrument, while avoiding undue…
26 Jan 2018	Wedgwood Pension Plan Trustee Ltd v Salt [2018] EWHC 79 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division A pension scheme amendment power protecting the rights of members ordinarily protects rights accrued through past service, including the final-salary link, but…	4
28 Jul 2016	Saga Group Ltd & Anor v Paul [2016] EWHC 2344 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division Rectification of pension scheme documentation may be granted summarily where the court has carefully examined the evidence, the claim has no realistic prospect…	3
11 Apr 2014	Honda Motor Europe Ltd & Anor v Powell & Anor [2014] EWCA Civ 437 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division) A deed admitting a new employer and its employees to an occupational pension scheme must be construed by reference to its language, the scheme documents…	7
14 Apr 2011	Prudential Staff Pensions Ltd v The Prudential Assurance Company Ltd & Ors [2011] EWHC 960 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division An employer’s discretion to award discretionary pension increases is constrained by the implied obligation of good faith, but that obligation does not require…	7
28 Jun 2010	The PNPF Trust Company Ltd v Taylor & Ors [2010] EWHC 1573 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division The court held that a pension scheme trustee’s power to amend its rules may extend to imposing substantially greater contribution obligations, including…	12
17 Jul 2008	Hearn & Ors v Dobson & Anor [2008] EWHC 1620 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division Part 3 of the Pensions Act 2004 applies to a multi-employer pension scheme as a single scheme where the scheme does not satisfy the statutory conditions for…	1
2 May 2007	A F Blakemore & Son Ltd v Machin & Anor [2007] EWHC 963 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division An appeal on a question of law may succeed where a decision-maker addresses the wrong issue, rejects credible evidence without adequate reasons, or makes a…
22 Mar 2005	MNOPF Trustees Ltd. v FT Everard & Sons Ltd. & Ors [2005] EWHC 446 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division A pension scheme’s power to amend its trust deed and rules may impose additional funding obligations on all employers falling within a wide defined class of…	1
2 Nov 2004	Forbes Trustee Services Ltd & Anor v Jackson & Ors [2004] EWHC 2448 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division When trustees seek directions about voting on a restructuring proposal, the court must not substitute its own decision for theirs. The court must ask whether…

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