Murray Campbell

Pension and Benefit Litigation Experience

Involved in disputes over or involving:

• Reduction in post-retirement benefits
• Trustee deadlock resolution
• Integration of registered pensions plans with Canada Pension Plan
• Conversion of defined benefit pension plans to defined contribution pension plans
• Collection of Exit Levies from employers leaving health and welfare trusts
• Enhanced early retirement entitlement
• Entitlement to pre-retirement death benefit
• Recovery of benefit overpayments, including recovery on account of recovery from third party
• Disability benefit denial
• Trustee advice and direction
• Surplus ownershipContribution holidays

Pension and Benefits Practice (Non-Litigious)

• Advises over 30 boards of trustees of multi-employer pension or benefit plans
• Helped introduce Saskatchewan's first target benefit pension plan
• Chaired Union Management Task Force constituted to determine future pension arrangements for a large public sector employer – implemented unanimous report accepted by all parties
• Conducted review of governance structure of staff pension plan of significant public sector employer, including extensive consultation with all relevant stakeholders, and implementation of recommendations
• Helped introduce joint trusteeship to several public sector pension plans in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba
• Advises trustees and other plan sponsors on fiduciary liability
• Prepares plan texts and other documentation for post-retirement benefit plans
• Drafts and amends plan texts and trust agreements for RPPs, health and welfare plans, DPSPs, EPSPs, group RRSPs, RCAs and IPPs
• Prepares complete restatements of plan texts
• Drafts and implements supplemental pension arrangements
• Drafts and implements letters of credit trust arrangements to secure supplemental pension arrangements or comply with new solvency rules
• Helped establish new defined benefit multi-employer pension planAdvises on compliance with CAPSA CAP guidelines for participant directed defined contribution plans
• Implements PIPA compliant privacy policies for boards of trustees of pension and benefit plans
• Prepares opinions on, and liaises with regulators and fundholders regarding, surplus ownership,contribution holidays and payment of administrative expenses