How not to determine financial dependency
Paul Newman KC examines a recent High Court decision on the test for financial dependency in a claim for death benefits under the LGPS....
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Paul Newman KC
Nov 281 min read
Pensions pots - an asset beyond the reach of creditors?
Thomas Robinson of Wilberforce Chambers looks at an important new Court of Appeal case which has struck down the practice of requiring...
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Paul Newman KC
Nov 201 min read
Pensions Barrister is in Brussels!
There is no article this week as Paul is in Brussels at the APL Annual Conference, where he is speaking on Problems of Evidence and Proof...
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Paul Newman KC
Nov 151 min read
CA stops OPS assets being used for judgment debt
The Court of Appeal today handed down judgment in Manolete Partners plc v White [2024] EWCA Civ 1418, overturning the first instance...
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Paul Newman KC
Nov 141 min read
Supreme Court breathes new life into "equitable rectification"
In National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers v Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus  [2024] UKSC 37, the...
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Paul Newman KC
Nov 141 min read
Talking Pensions Ep20: Dame Jane Newell
In the latest episode (recorded in June 2024), Paul talks to Dame Jane Newell, former Chair of the Maxwell Pensioners Trust and former...
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Paul Newman KC
Nov 71 min read
Rectify your formal defects away!
Paul Newman KC considers a case in which pension scheme amendments were rectified to overcome the failure of a trustee to sign the...
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Paul Newman KC
Oct 311 min read
Mistaken payments and fixed protection
Paul Newman KC looks at Lefort v HMRC , in which the FTT has controversially refused to follow an earlier FTT decision on whether a...
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Paul Newman KC
Oct 301 min read
Autumn Budget 2024: Government introduces IHT on unspent pension pots
One of the announcements in the Chancellor's Budget today is the introduction of IHT on pensions. The Chancellor has announced that the...
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Paul Newman KC
Oct 291 min read
Court makes third-party debt order against pension rights
In Seg Bell v Ratna Singh [2024] EWHC 2725 (KB), Master Davidson, sitting in the London Circuit Commercial Court, made third-party debt...
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