Grace Bay II Holdings Sarl & Ors, R (on the application of) v The Pensions Regulator & Ors

Grace Bay II Holdings Sarl & Ors, R (on the application of) v The Pensions Regulator & Ors

The claimants have an adequate alternative remedy under the statutory scheme, including the Determinations Panel and the Upper Tribunal, and there are no exceptional circumstances justifying judicial review. The Administrative Court is not the appropriate forum to resolve the claimants’ challenges to the second...

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Parties
Claimant: Grace Bay II Holdings Sarl; Claimant: HIG Bayside Debt & LBO Fund II LP; Claimant: HIG European Capital Partners LLP; Claimant: HIG Europe Capital Partners LP; Claimant: HIG Europe-Silentnight Sarl; Claimant: Silentnight Group Limited; Claimant: Mr Mark Kelly; Claimant: Mr Lionel Laurant; Claimant: Mr Sami Mnaymneh; Defendant: The Pensions Regulator; Interested Party: ABF Limited (in Liquidation); Interested Party: SNGL Realisations (2011) Limited (in Liquidation); Interested Party: 20-20 Trustees Limited; Interested Party: Mr William Ashburner; Interested Party: Mr Geoffrey Bailey; Interested Party: Mr Martin Jourdan; Interested Party: Mr Geoffrey Shaffer; Interested Party: Board of the Pension Protection Fund
Jurisdiction
England and Wales
Judgment Date
10 January 2017
Procedural Posture
Judicial Review / Permission (rolled Up) Hearing and Substantive Determination
Outcome
Permission for judicial review refused; application dismissed.
Legal Topics
Judicial Review, Alternative Remedy, Statutory Interpretation, Procedural Fairness, Ultra Vires, Disclosure, Pension Regulation
Administrative Law Pensions Law Regulatory Law Judicial Review Alternative Remedy Statutory Interpretation Procedural Fairness Ultra Vires +2 more

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Parties

Grace Bay II Holdings Sarl

Claimant

HIG Bayside Debt & LBO Fund II LP

Claimant

HIG European Capital Partners LLP

Claimant

HIG Europe Capital Partners LP

Claimant

HIG Europe-Silentnight Sarl

Claimant

Silentnight Group Limited

Claimant

Mr Mark Kelly

Claimant

Mr Lionel Laurant

Claimant

Mr Sami Mnaymneh

Claimant

The Pensions Regulator

Defendant

ABF Limited (in Liquidation)

Interested Party

SNGL Realisations (2011) Limited (in Liquidation)

Interested Party

20-20 Trustees Limited

Interested Party

Mr William Ashburner

Interested Party

Mr Geoffrey Bailey

Interested Party

Mr Martin Jourdan

Interested Party

Mr Geoffrey Shaffer

Interested Party

Board of the Pension Protection Fund

Interested Party

Procedural Posture

Judicial Review / Permission (rolled Up) Hearing and Substantive Determination

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the claimants have an alternative remedy precluding judicial review
  2. 2 Whether the Pensions Regulator had power to issue more than one warning notice on the same facts
  3. 3 Whether the second warning notice (WN2) was unlawful due to procedural unfairness or lack of even-handedness

Ratio Decidendi

The claimants have an adequate alternative remedy under the statutory scheme, including the Determinations Panel and the Upper Tribunal, and there are no exceptional circumstances justifying judicial review. The Administrative Court is not the appropriate forum to resolve the claimants’ challenges to the second warning notice (WN2).

Court Disposition

Permission for judicial review refused; application dismissed.