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To crystallise or not to crystallise, that is the question?
6th April 2015 was a significant day in financial services history, as it marked the start of ‘pension freedoms’.
Just not enough hours in the day
Richard and Ian set out PFP's policy on accepting new pre-settlement instructions
ASHE 2018 data published
The 2018 release of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), conducted in April 2018, was published on 26th October 2018.
Fudge and caramel; are they really that different?
James considers whether risk and volatility are the same or different, with the help of the Beastie Boys
Court of Protection approves gift of £6,000,000 to be made by an attorney, to himself, from his mother’s assets.
In a recent judgment (PBC v JMA & Ors [2018] EWCOP 19), Her Honour Judge Hilder, Senior Judge at the Court of Protection, approved an application made by the attorney of a 72 year old lady, to make a gift of £6m to himself, from his mother’s c.£19m estate, in order to mitigate the impact of IHT upon his mother’s eventual death.
Owning up: DWP finally admits official error for their failure to properly assess migrating ESA claims
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) made another climb down last month when it accepted the merits of the Judicial Review instigated by Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) regarding thousands of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants’ historic entitlement to an income-related ESA award.
A decade has passed… already!
Ian Rowe considers where the last ten years have gone!
A right pickle
Ian Gunn considers the ramifications for PI claimants with a claim against a local authority.
You take the high road …. or a tale of two Bills.
Discount rate issues surface again.