Watch | Pensions on Divorce update 24
Watch the recording of HHJ Edward Hess; Rhys Taylor, The 36 Group; Professor Emma Hitchings, Bristol University; Jonathan Galbraith, Mathieson Consulting, and Beth Kirkland, Law for Life.
This seminar reviews developments in light of PAG2, recent case law, industry and market developments and the imminent publication of the Law For Life Guide for litigants in person. The seminar is an interdisciplinary panel discussion involving some of the members of the Pension Advisory Group.
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Those working in the Pensions on Divorce arena (whether PODEs, solicitors or scheme administrators) will by now be all too familiar with the McCloud ruling, and how much additional work this has caused for cases involving public sector pension schemes.
To quickly recap, the McCloud ruling requires (i) for the
RN v TT [2024] EWFC 264 (B)
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/264
HHJ Hess.
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W (51) and H (49) cohabited in a flat in W’s sole name from late 2003 and married in 2004. W was a GP. H was an occasional painter and decorator but had not worked for many
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Watch the recording of 'Conduct in Financial Remedy Proceedings' first broadcast on Tuesday 7th January 2025 with speakers Samantha Hillas KC, Nicholas Allen KC (29BR), Nichola Gray KC (1HC), Anita Mehta (4PB), Emma Hitchings (University of Bristol) and Christine
Dangers of Applying PSOs Determined Using pre-McCloud CEVs on ‘McCloud compliant’ CEVs
Those working in the Pensions on Divorce arena (whether PODEs, solicitors or scheme administrators) will by now be all too familiar with the McCloud ruling, and how much additional work this has caused for cases involving public sector pension schemes.
To quickly recap, the McCloud ruling requires (i) for the
RN v TT [2024] EWFC 264 (B)
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/264
HHJ Hess.
Facts
W (51) and H (49) cohabited in a flat in W’s sole name from late 2003 and married in 2004. W was a GP. H was an occasional painter and decorator but had not worked for many
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