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Unused pension funds will be subject to inheritance tax from 6 April 2027, HM Revenue and Customs confirmed this week
A BBC pensions case earlier this year considered the power of amendment, in particular the term ‘interest’. Dipti Hunter & Alex Akin explain the details

WILKINSON MAUGHAN RETIREMENT BENEFIT SCHEME (THE “SCHEME”)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND BENEFICIARIES UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925

THE HOLMAN FENWICK WILLAN PENSION SCHEME (THE “SCHEME”)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND BENEFICIARIES UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925

Planning and employment law reform took top billing in the King’s Speech, among an ambitious agenda of more than 35 bills

Lecture saving tip; At a Glance goes turquoise; Tribunal reasoning; Knotweed at Supreme Court

Pensions on divorce, the latest in judicial jobs, and limit changes for debt relief orders, are all in the mix in this week’s ‘Civil way’

Part-time circuit judges have lost their discrimination claim on pensions, in the Employment Appeal Tribunal

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) cannot grant an order to trustees to recoup overpayments from members’ pension funds, the Court of Appeal has held
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published a policy statement on the cost control mechanism (CCM) and how it will operate in the reformed Judicial Pension Scheme 2022 (JPS 2022), which follows HM Treasury’s update on the approach to the CCM in all public service pensions under the Public Service Pensions Act 2013.
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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