Sep 1, 2021 | All Members, GMP Court Case
Well, not quite. One of the things we have missed most during the pandemic and various lockdowns across the UK, other than family and friends of course, has been our annual holidays. Many members will have already been on their 2-weeks holiday or may be reading this...
May 6, 2021 | All Members, GMP Court Case
We are about to begin the next phase of the Union’s GMP campaign and that will begin to roll out in the next few weeks. Just to recap, last November the High Court ruled that Lloyds are legally responsible for equalising the guaranteed minimum pensions (GMPs) for...
Dec 2, 2020 | All Members, GMP Court Case
The Financial Times, commenting on our landmark High Court case, said: “Hundreds of thousands of former members of final salary pension schemes are now in line for a financial boost following a landmark High Court ruling on historical gender discrimination.” The key...
Nov 20, 2020 | All Members, GMP Court Case
We’ve won in the High Court again. In the second part of the most important pension case in 30 years, the High Court has ruled today that the Lloyds Banking Group pension schemes are legally responsible for equalising the guaranteed minimum pensions (GMPs) for those...
Oct 30, 2020 | All Members, GMP Court Case, Pensions
In a previous Newsletter, I said that the second part of the union’s landmark legal case on Guaranteed Minimum Pensions (GMPs) would begin in the High Court in May and would be heard by Mr Justice Morgan via Skype. Following that hearing, Mr Justice Morgan wrote to...
May 4, 2020 | All Members, GMP Court Case
The second part of the union’s landmark legal case on Guaranteed Minimum Pensions (GMPs) will begin in the High Court today. Given the current turmoil the case will be heard by Mr Justice Morgan via Skype. Members will recall that in the first case in 2018, the High...