The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has rejected a retirement fund’s attempt to treat the words “within 12 months of the death of the member” in section 37C of the Pension Funds Act (PFA) as a cut-off that permits death benefits to be paid into a deceased member’s estate without first investigating and identifying dependants. The SCA, in a unanimous judgment delivered on 28 May 2026, confirmed the approach taken by the Pension Funds Adjudicator an…
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