Mr Ransom complains about the way in which the Council dealt with his application for immediate payment of deferred benefits because of ill health. Mr Ransom alleges that the way the Council dealt with his application caused him injustice. Some of the issues before me might …

Mr Jukes complaints that the Scheme Trustees (Communisis Pension Plan Trustees) wrongly withdrew the grant of a partial incapacity ill-health pension and that he has suffered loss as a consequence. THE SCHEME Rule 1 …

The Employer says that Scottish Life has changed its practice regarding penalties on the discontinuance of the Scheme, without advising the Employer, the Trustees or their advisers of the change. Previously, there would have been no penalty imposed on members’ accounts on discontinuance, but Scottish L …

Mr R Hughes and Mr M Hughes complain of maladministration by the Scheme Manager in that in distributing the death in service benefit of their late father, William …

Mr Swaine says that it was unjustifiable and unreasonable that Allied Dunbar imposed a transfer penalty when he transferred the proceeds of the Plan to another provider. Some of the issues before me might be seen as complaints of maladministration while ot …

Mrs Cox says she wanted the Plan to be deferred on a year by year basis from her 61st birthday. Instead, however, the Plan was deferred until her 65th birthday. Furthermore, because Sun Life was sending terminal notices to an incorrect address, Mrs Cox w …

Dr Gilchrist states that Capita and the Trustees failed to pay the correct value on the transfer of his benefits from the Scheme to a personal pension plan. He claims that the shortfall is £606.25. Some of the issues before me …

Mrs Phillips alleges that CCC, her former employer, delayed in properly investigating and responding to her concerns that her pension had been miscalculated. She alleges that this caused her distress and inconvenience. Some of the issues before me might be seen as complai …

Mr Cook says that Trustee wrongly assumed that the Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) element of his early retirement pension from the Scheme would be increased by the State after he attained State Pension Age. Some of the issues before me might be seen …

Mr Buckley complains that he has not been awarded the incapacity pension to which he is entitled and that he has suffered financial loss as a consequence. He is unable to take his deferred pension before age 60 although he could obtain a pension …