9 September 2008 – PLA Breakfast Seminar
| Title | Formats |
| Disability by Naleen Jeram |  |
| Interpretation and application of disability definitions in fund rules by Sue Myrdal | |
| Living Benefits and Claims by Dr Peter Bond | |
7 May 2008 – PENSION LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE (JOHANNEBURG)
| Title | Formats |
| What is the status in law of determinations of the Pension Funds Adjudicator? | |
| The Consumer Protection Bill and Retirement Funds | |
16 – 18 March 2008 – PENSION LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION 12TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
| Title | Presenter | Formats |
| Keynote Address – Constitutional Issues Impacting on Pensions Law | by Advocate John Myburgh, SC | |
| FSB Regulatory Update | by Marius Du Toit – Chief Actuary, Financial Services Board | |
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Pension law developments in Africa |
by Jonathan Mort – Director, Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs | |
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The jurisdictional difficulties around subjecting Bargaining Council Funds to the Pension Funds Act |
by Sandile Khumalo – Director, Hunter Employee Benefits Law | |
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The jurisdictional difficulties around subjecting Bargaining Council Funds to the Pension Funds Act |
by Samantha Davidson – Partner, Shepstone & Wylie | |
| Market conduct issues in institutional investments: whose money is it anyway? | by Rob Rusconi- Independent Policy Researcher and Consultant | |
| Legal implications of Principles and Practices of Financial Management for Pension Funds | by Michael Janish | |
| Legal Status of Directives issued by the Registrar | by Advocate Faizel Ismail | |
| Legal Status of Directives issued by the Registrar 2 | by Advocate Faizel Ismail | |
| Implications of Data Protection legislation for retirement funds | by David Geral – Director, Bowman Gilfillan | |
| Tax Update | by Jenny Gordon, Senior Legal Adviser, Old Mutual | |
| Update from National Treasury on Retirement Reform | by Andrew Donaldson – National Treasury | |
| Trustee Duties in relation to Member Choice Investments | by Advocate André Oosthuizen, SC | |
| What standard will courts use to measure the conduct of professional independent trustees and other trustees? | by Kobus Hanekom – Head, General Consulting, Simeka Consultants and Actuaries | |
| To what extent can fund rules be amended retrospectively to reduce benefits that have already accrued or that have not accrued? A consideration of Nortje v Joint Municipal Pension Fund and other relevant case law | by Fiona Renton – Head, Legal Services Dept, Alexander Forbes | |
| Is the test for ‘dependency’ in s37C claims based on ‘indigency’? A consideration of Thene v Bidcorp Group Provident Fund and others and other case law | by Leanne van Wyk – Head of Technical Legal Services Department, Alexander Forbes | |
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Legal Issues arising from Investments – Benefits Law |
by Rosemary Hunter – Director, Hunter Employee | |
| Legal Nature of a Pension Fund | by Graham Damant – Director, Bowman Gilfillan | |
| An update from the Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator | by Mamodupi Mohlala, The Pension Funds Adjudicator | |