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Pensions and Family Breakdown, 2nd edition

Pensions and Family Breakdown, 2nd edition

Name: Pensions and Family Breakdown, 2nd edition
Brand: Law Society Publishing
SKU: 9781853286698
Price: 554.84 HKD
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Author: David Davidson
ISBN: 9781853286698

By David Davidson

Law Society Publishing April 2008

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9781853286698
Publisher: Law Society Publishing
Publication: April 2008
Format: Paperback , 192 pages
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Pension sharing following marriage or civil partnership breakdown can prove complex to calculate. This practical guide explains the powers the courts have in relation to pension funds and the way they can exercise those powers when granting financial relief following a decree of judicial separation, divorce or nullity of marriage or civil partnership.

This second edition has been fully updated and expanded to take account of significant changes to the rules and tax provisions regarding pensions made by the Finance Act 2007 and by the Pensions Act 2007. These include:

an additional section relating to the Pensions Protection Fund
amended chapters relating to unsecured and alternatively securedpensions (ASPs)
changes in important public sector pension schemes.

This book will prove indispensable for all family lawyers and pensions practitioners.

1. Court orders for financial relief;
2. Development of the courts' response to pension assets;
3. Pension sharing orders;
4. Pension attachment orders;
5. Interaction of pension sharing and pension attachment orders;
6. Variation of settlement orders and pension schemes;
7. Historic development of pension schemes;
8. Unsecured pensions (previously known as income withdrawal or drawdown);
9. Public service pension schemes;
10. New regime for taxation of pensions;
11. Implementation of pension sharing orders;
12. Digest of pensions cases;
13. Civil Partnership Act 2004;
14. Personal insolvency;
Appendices.

About the Author

David Davidson is a consultant with Charles Russell's family law department. He is an expert in pensions anddivorce but advises on all aspects of family work, particularly cases with an international aspect and/or substantialfinancial assets. David is a founder member of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a member ofResolution's Property, Tax and Pensions Committee.

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