“Joseph Rainer, barrister, Queen Elizabeth Building highlights the availability and effectiveness of the Blight v Brewster method to enforce a financial remedy order.”
Family Law Week, 12th February 2018
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Employers in the Wedgwood Group Pension Plan validly closed the scheme to future accrual and ended the link between benefits and final salary in 2006, the High Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd February 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The government was accused yesterday of “pulling its punches” and “shilly shallying” over introducing a ban on cold-calling for personal injury (PI) claims.’
Legal Futures, 23rd January 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The former owner of BHS, Dominic Chappell, was today found guilty of refusing to provide vital documents to the pensions watchdog.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Employment Appeal Tribunal has begun hearing the government’s challenge to a ruling that its transitional pension arrangements for 210 judges amount to unlawful age discrimination.’
Law Society's Gazette, 11th December 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A UK law requirement that a transgender woman annul her marriage before she is entitled to a full gender recognition certificate is unlawful to the extent that it impacts on state pension entitlement, an EU legal adviser has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 6th December 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has warned UK financial firms that they should not rely on leniency from local regulators in the EU if the UK exits the trading bloc without a deal on the cross-border provision of financial services provision in place.’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th November 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The High Court has rejected a London borough’s bid to set off the pension benefits of a former senior finance officer who defrauded the council.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th November 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The dilapidated state of some courts, a shortage of support staff and heavy administrative burdens are depressing the judiciary’s morale, a parliamentary report has warned.’
The Guardian, 2nd November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The judiciary needs a pay rise, a senior judge paid more than £200,000 a year has said. Lord Justice Gross, who sits in the Court of Appeal, made the comments in a speech to the Institute of Maritime Law on Wednesday. He said: “No one goes into the Judiciary to make money. But there comes a point when pay is so far out of line with the private sector market that it endangers recruitment – of the very best – and retention. There is a danger in relying unduly on goodwill.”‘
Daily Telegraph, 2nd November 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Pension rights in divorce or dissolution settlements can often amount to the largest asset after the equity in the family home. Professional advisers therefore need to pay close attention to this aspect of the ‘family estate’. This article discusses valuation issues in order to provide a basis for a negotiated settlement which reflects the capital value in present-day terms of the pension rights of one or both parties and identifies areas in which solicitors may need help from forensic accountants.’
Family Law, 20th October 2017
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘The UK’s state-backed pensions scheme, the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST), has asked for limits to be put on pensions freedoms to protect its members from losing retirement savings.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th September 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A bus company that allegedly deliberately avoided enrolling staff into a workplace pension scheme is being prosecuted by the UK’s Pensions Regulator.’
OUT-LAW.com, 12th September 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A forthcoming ban on cold-callers who try to scam people out of their pension savings will include emails and texts, the government has announced.’
BBC News, 20th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Pension scheme trustees that are considered to be ‘professional trustees’ can expect higher penalties for wrongdoing, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 14th August 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘EU Equality law had its moment in the sun in the week after London Pride with the UK Supreme Court Judgment in the case of Walker v Innospec.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th July 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A gay former cavalry officer has won a legal battle to provide his husband with equal pension rights in a landmark discrimination case at the supreme court.’
The Guardian, 12th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Court recently heard a challenge to government guidance on the investment strategy for the local government pension scheme that sought to prevent boycotts, divestment and sanctions against foreign nations and UK defence industries. David Hart QC analyses the outcome.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th June 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Government guidance preventing the local government pension scheme (LGPS) from pursuing boycotts as part of their investment strategies has been found unlawful by the High Court.’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th June 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Communities Secretary acted for an unauthorised purpose and therefore unlawfully when he issued statutory guidance on the investment strategy for the local government pension scheme (LGPS) that sought to prevent boycotts, divestment and sanctions against foreign nations and UK defence industries.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd June 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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