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Pensions law and the Sequana decision

In this article, Tom Robinson considers the lessons that the 2022 Supreme Court decision in BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana has for pension practitioners, and in particular the question of directors’ duties in relation to uncertain/future pensions debts.

This article was first published on Paul Newman KC’s website pensionsbarrister.com.

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