The Treatment Of Pension Claims In UK Insolvency Process

Law360, New York (February 2, 2015, 11:11 AM EST) -- When the Lehman Brothers group imploded in September 2008, the impact of events on the Lehman Brothers U.K. pension scheme was not seen as a key concern for anyone other than the members themselves. Yet as time progressed, the scheme featured heavily in resolving the administration of many U.K. Lehman Brothers group entities and in the process, important legal principles relating to defined benefit pension schemes were decided. Many ancillary points were decided during the litigation (some of which are discussed below), but the most important issue, that of the priority of debts on a winding up, is of great significance....

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