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Pensions: Equality or not?

James Copson looks at the recommendations in the Pension Advisory Group report and highlights the potential pitfalls when dealing with pension assets ‘It is much harder to achieve a fair outcome where there is a significant difference in the ages of the parties.’ An understanding of pensions is a must for every family lawyer working …

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Financial provision: Planning ahead

Alice Couriel highlights issues of enforcement to be considered on the making of an order for financial provision ‘Practitioners have a duty to consider enforceable provisions at all stages of proceedings, and the court’s far-reaching discretion often assists in this regard.’ In Amin v Amin [2017] the Court of Appeal was concerned with an appeal …

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Pensions: Opportunities and threats

Amanda Bell and Alasdair Wild highlight pension reforms that may impact on the structure of a financial settlement on divorce ‘It is worth considering whether there is a potential lifetime allowance problem, and whether the redistribution of pension assets between the two parties as a result of a pension sharing order could help to reduce …

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