Included in this issue: Supreme Court rules nomination form requirement for unmarried survivor's pension breach of human rights law; Key judgment on legal privilege will not be appealed to Supreme Court and more...

• Pensions Green Paper
• Pension surplus–changes to IFRIC 14 Accounting Standard
• Supreme Court rules nomination form requirement for unmarried survivor's pension breach of human rights law
• Key judgment on legal privilege will not be appealed to Supreme Court
• Age discrimination decisions by Employment Tribunals show continued uncertainty around age discrimination and objective justification
• Ombudsman upholds Trustees' refusal to pay dependant's pension where no paper trail evidencing dependency
• Ombudsman Trustees not obliged to keep every calculation and piece of correspondence relating to scheme
• Ombudsman holds DB scheme not obliged to provide information on investments to enable member to assess whether scheme compatible with her religious beliefs
• Ombudsman rejects member's complaint over changed transfer value basis
• Ombudsman rules on liability of transferring and receiving scheme re transfer value delay
• Ombudsman holds member should have realised error where benefit quotation gave identical pension figures at age 55 and 65
• Ombudsman orders scheme to offer re-calculated lump even though time limits for paying pension commencement lump sum had expired
• Ombudsman upholds Trustee decision to delay paying transfer value where court proceedings could lead to benefit forfeiture
• Government consultation response and draft regulations on pensions advice allowance
• New Information Requirements in force re paying lump sum death benefits to a trust
• Consultations
• Pensions Regulator to add questions on record-keeping to scheme return
• Regulator decides against mandatory qualifications or memberships for trustees
• Pensions Regulator's new guide and checklist for integrated risk management in smaller DB schemes
• EU Member States required to implement IORP II Directive by 13 January 2019: UK position uncertain due to Brexit
• Pension scheme EMIR exception central clearing requirement extended by one year
• PPF Levy Determination
• Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension (QROPS) definition to change from 6 April 2017
• Section 615 schemes discontinued