Mr Tittensor says that the Council: refuse to deem the additional hours he worked in excess of the hours specified in his letter of appointment, as amended, as pensionable, and refuse to amend his retirement benefits to reflect that the fixed fees he received for attendance at A …

Miss Millington’s complaint is: that she disagrees with the decision of the Company and the Trustees that she does not qualify for an unreduced early retirement pension; about the Trustees’ use of information from the Company which she says they should no …

Mr Howard says: Mercer did not pass his request for reinstatement of his deferred benefits on to the trustee of the Plan (the Trustees) or to Punter Southall when they replaced Mercer as the Plan administrator. This meant that he missed his opportunity for reinstat …

Mr Killin complains that Liberata, in its capacity as administrator, issued an incorrect early retirement quotation, upon which he based his decision to retire. The Ombudsman’s determination and short reasons The complaint should be upheld against Liberata to the extent that they c …

Mr Williams’ complaint is that he has not been awarded a pension based on “Total Incapacity” as defined in the Scheme’s rules. He says that the Trustees of the Scheme relied on “prejudiced and out-dated” evidence. He says he thinks that his age and the cost of the pension are the cause. He s …

Mr Marshall says that the Employer and the Board of Medical Referees (the Board) refused his request for a pension on grounds of ill health. He does not believe that the appeal hearing was handled correctly. The Ombud …

Mr Ayre complains that when his injury pension was reviewed in 2007 (following his 65th birthday the year before) his degree of disablement was wrongly assessed at 0% which resulted in his injury pension being substantially reduced. The Ombudsman’s determination and short reasons The complaint …

Mr Kellie asserts that, by refusing to pay additional contributions into his SIPP, Charles Stanley have reneged on a promise made by EBS Management plc (EBS) to rectify the underfunding of past final salary benefits. The Ombudsman’s determination and short reasons The dispute should be decided in Mr …

Mr Lukan disputes the decision made by the Plan Trustees and his former employer, Sabre UK, that he is only entitled to receive a refund of his own Plan contributions on leaving the Plan. He contends that he has a righ …

Mrs Oakley complains that her application to be considered for ill-health retirement benefits under Regulation 27 of The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1997 (as amended) (the Regulations) has been imprope …