41. In early January 1997 the Trustee's solicitors wrote to the Trustee confirming the advice to accept the Principal Employer's proposal and confirming that in proceeding with the proposal the director-trustees would be acting properly and in the interests of present and future members.

It is not clear why the solicitors felt they should usurp the trustees' job of deciding what was in the interests of the members.  Normally they would just give legal advice, their area of expertise.