H v W [2013] EWHC 4105 (Fam)

Bonus Payments: Setting limits

Helen Marriott highlights the challenges of dealing with bonus payments when assessing periodical payments ‘The periodical payments award may be partitioned, with needs being met from the base salary, and additional discretionary items being met from the bonus on a capped percentage basis.’Bankers’ bonuses frequently dominate the headlines and occupy the political platform. Bonuses may …

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Financial Provision: Future proofing

Camilla Thornton outlines the courts’ approach to income such as bonuses and how this may be reflected in an order for periodical payments ‘The inherent uncertainty of bonus payments provides, in part, the reason why the setting of a cap is essential in order to avoid the unintentional unfairness which may arise as a consequence …

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