Key legal question
Whether the foundation could set off its damage claim for unpaid contributions against the claimant's vested benefit payment.
Extracted holding
The foundation was entitled to rely on its claim; the respondent's misconduct as managing director and liquidator created liability under company law, and the foundation had not forfeited its position by failing to register the claim.
Extracted reasoning
The court found that the foundation had been sufficiently informed as a known creditor, and the lower court's finding of a self-inflicted interruption of causation was factually wrong. The respondent had failed for a long time to pay contributions and later, as liquidator, did not settle the arrears.