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Pensions on Divorce

Updated Guide on Pensions on Divorce for LiPs Published by Law for Life

Updated Guide on Pensions on Divorce for LiPs Published by Law for Life

In collaboration with the Pension Advisory Group, and thanks to funding from the Nuffield Foundation, Law for Life has published an updated version of its Survival guide to sorting out pensions on divorce. The new version takes into account recent case law, changes to terminology introduced by the Divorce, Dissolution

Hyslop v Hyslop 2DS 2022/13 & 2DS 2023/03

https://www.judgments.im/content/J3125.htm Judge of Appeal Cross KC, Acting Deemster Horton KC, and Deemster Corlett. Michael Horton KC, one of three Deemsters sitting in the Staff of Government Division in the Isle of Man High Court (‘appeal court’), grapples with an appeal regarding an impossible PSO

Money Corner: Financial Planning for Non-UK Resident Beneficiaries of Pension Shares

Money Corner: Financial Planning for Non-UK Resident Beneficiaries of Pension Shares

Introduction Once a pension sharing order is obtained from the courts in England and Wales, the division of pension assets between UK residents is usually straightforward. The beneficiary will typically have a pension in the UK that can receive their share. Failing this, if they don’t already have a

Armed Forces Pension Schemes (AFPS)

Armed Forces Pension Schemes (AFPS)

Armed Forces pensions are among some of the most complex pensions that practitioners can be faced with when dealing with divorce and financial settlements. Their complexity arises not only from the myriad of scheme types, but also the differing aspects of each scheme including accrual rates, the ages that the

Interview with Hilary Woodward

Interview with Hilary Woodward

Hilary Woodward is a former solicitor and mediator, academic and the about to retire CEO of the Pension Advisory Group. At the launch of the Second Edition of the Pension Advisory Group report, Hilary’s contribution in the field of pensions on divorce was described as ‘incalculable’. She talks to

SY v Personal Representatives of the Estate of DY (Deceased) [2023] EWFC 280 (B)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2023/280.html Recorder Hames KC: Appeal against PSO out of time following death of W allowed and substituted by lump sum order to reflect lost benefit to the Estate for the benefit of the children. H applied to appeal out of