Category: Blog

It is widely acknowledged that pensions issues are most typically dealt with on divorce using an offsetting approach i.e. non-pension assets are distributed in such a fashion as to take account of one party’s having greater pension provision than the other.

The purpose of this blog is to follow up on our recent webinar, which provided an update on the implementation of the McCloud remedy.

POD Forms are required by a number of the public sector pension scheme administrators before a Cash Equivalent Value (CEV) can be provided for divorce purposes. Therefore, knowing when the form will be required and getting it completed by your client ASAP will help to reduce the time it takes to get your PODE Report.

A presentation on the recent impact of the McCloud Judgment, including a walk-through of case studies.

This is our third (and final) blog of 2023 that relates to the implications of the McCloud ruling on the sharing of pensions and divorce. The purpose of this blog is to provide an update to family solicitors on what we have seen happen since the McCloud remedy implementation day of 1 October 2023.

In less than a month from now the McCloud remedy will have been implemented across all public sector schemes.  This means that—in theory at least—for holders of public sector pensions the relevant pension scheme should be able to set out what the impact of the McCloud remedy is on benefits accrued from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2022

The McCloud ruling (The Lord Chancellor v McCloud & Others [2018] EWCA Civ 2844) relates to the way in which public sector pension schemes were reformed in the early 2010s

Current and previous Royal Mail or Post Office employees may have accrued pension benefits in two different pension schemes.

It was only a matter of time. Those of you who have been dealing with finances in divorce for some years will know that from time to time...

If enacted, the spring 2023 budget will remove Lifetime Allowance Tax (LTA). This has been a very tricky issue to deal with in divorce proceedings where there are significant pensions.