Legal aspects

Specific cases against IBM are mostly recorded under the topic of management or IBM Worldwide.

[2360][2362][2365] Taking civil action.

[2176][2181][2182][2183][2184][2186][2189][2190][2191][2192][2193][2194][2196][2198][2221][2222]

[2229][2258][2281][2282][2285][2286][2287][2289][2290][2291][2292][2293][2294][2295][2297][2298] Newsletter wrong with concern about Ombudsman's office? Judges v non-Judges. Lord Hutton example

[1522]  [1523] [1524]  [1525] [1544]  [1545] I-Plan better than C-Plan.  TUPE laws.

[1390] European Court of Justice - what rights go with TUPE.

[1174] [1176][1202]About closure. (cf topic Government)

[1172]  (Links to newspapers, no longer valid.)

[1115][1118] [1119] On British Airways decision.

[1080]Announcement of review of OPRA

[829] Sue IBM over breach of contract?  Followups in What-to-do topic.

[813] [822] FRS17 accounting standard.

[786] “UA's argument is that it is an American firm and it must only comply with American law no matter where in the world it is operating.”

[776] UK equivalent of “Vested Rights”?

[711] Notes on Ombudsman’s Office procedures.

[695][698] OPRA on ownership of surplus

[600] [602] National Grid - Split in use of surplus.

[598] Power companies - Lords decision.

[560] 110 word sentence from the trust deeds

[552] Possible law about Price Indexation before Pension Holidays.

[550] British Airways judgement link.

[547] British Airways judgement question.

[546] Link - Brititish Airways has fully indexed.

[531] "The only recourse that has a chance of succeeding is a legal one."

[517] "I paid my 4% and I believe we are morally entitled...."

[513] Differences with British Airways.

[508] How different is British Airways?

[505] "we paid our 4%. So we MUST own...."

[495] "There must be a legal obligation somewhere under the role of trustee?"

[492] Link to British Airways pensioners website.

[394] "If I put money into a trust fund for my children, the trustees don't own it my children do"

[385] "Legally there's no question about who owns the fund.

[378] Comments on who owns the fund.

[377] Moral point on who owns the fund.

[362] "If the beneficiaries are different then the plans should be considered different,..."

[359] Quote from Barclays appeal judgement.

[356] "Perhaps it's time we got a Lawyer"

[344] About "..what by law qualifies a section of a plan"?

[342] "It leaves too much to the subjective opinion of the judge overseeing the case."

[330] About Barclays appeal.

[314] Comment on Barclay's case.

[310] Link to page on Barclay's case.

[262] Belief that there are two funds.

[241] OPAS reply for case when company takes money from a fund.

[219] About how the Ombudsman operates once he has started on a complaint.

[217] A complaint against the auditors.

[213] No tax liability if M-plan credited. Link to Trust Deeds Extract.

[209] Tax liabilities if money moved from C-plan.

[184] Entitled to transfer the whole of your ... funds on retirement and purchase an annuity.

[147] "Unless the law insists, the US company can prevent IBM UK paying any increases at all in the future...."

[077] Rules of the Trust were changed after the event.

[074] "...both the company and the administrators of the fund are acting lawfully"

[046] "...the only way that IBM can claim it's putting ITS money into the M plan..."

[044] C fund being contributory perhaps makes a stronger case than Barclays.

[043] "..surely IBM does not have the authority to raid the assets without the overt permission of the contributing members?"

[041] In law we are not owners of the fund.

[035] Why is a closed fund being used for pensions of current employees?

[029] OPRA are only concerned about the law

[027] About OPRA