The applicant only became aware in May last year that the decision to debar her constituted administrative action.
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A decision made by a fund’s trustees can be interfered with only where it can be shown that they have taken irrelevant, improper and irrational factors into consideration, and where it can be […]
A case that came before the Financial Services Tribunal has underscored the importance of ensuring that divorce settlements conform to the provisions of the Pension Funds Act and the Divorce Act when addressing […]
A case that came before the Financial Services Tribunal has underscored the importance of ensuring that divorce settlements conform to the provisions of the Pension Funds Act and the Divorce Act when addressing […]
The Financial Services Tribunal has dismissed another complaint by a policyholder whose retirement savings were hit – six months before his retirement date – by the Liberty Lifestyle Retirement Annuity Fund’s decision to […]
Pension fund trustees often have a difficult task in determining who is a dependant – and how much of a death benefit should be allocated to each dependant – when a fund member […]
An employer does not have to prove fraud, dishonesty or theft to a retirement fund, and a fund is not expected to make a judgment about whether the employer has, in fact, proved […]
The establishment of the Financial Services Tribunal has brought much-needed legal certainty to the industry – in particular, those who are disgruntled by the views of decision-makers, as well as rulings by the […]
The Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator (OPFA) is upping the ante against employers that owe contributions to retirement funds. From 1 December, the office may hand down orders that funds or member […]
The Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator (OPFA) is upping the ante against employers that owe contributions to retirement funds. From 1 December, the office may hand down orders that funds or member […]
The Pension Funds Adjudicator (PFA) offended the “principles of natural justice” when it overruled a decision by a pension fund’s board of trustees and awarded a death benefit without giving two people affected […]
The Pension Funds Adjudicator (PFA) offended the “principles of natural justice” when it overruled a decision by a pension fund’s board of trustees and awarded a death benefit without giving two people affected […]
The Financial Sector Tribunal has upheld a ruling by the Pension Funds Adjudicator (PFA) that a retirement annuity fund was not liable for the losses suffered by a member when it reduced the […]
The Financial Sector Tribunal has upheld a ruling by the Pension Funds Adjudicator (PFA) that a retirement annuity fund was not liable for the losses suffered by a member when it reduced the […]
A recent Financial Services Tribunal case highlights the jurisdiction of the Pension Funds Adjudicator (PFA) in so far as group life insurance scheme falls under the Pension Funds Act are concerned. Case background […]
Since April 2018, the FSR Act includes the Pension Funds Adjudicator (PFA) as a “decision-maker” and is therefore in a position to entertain appeals against determinations handed down by the PFA. In one […]
