Sentences with phrase «for pensions lawyers»

According to the survey, new workstreams are opening up for pensions lawyers, as clients grapple with the new pensions freedoms introduced in the 2014 budget as well as more intense regulation of defined contribution schemes and the ongoing industry trend for de-risking.

Not exact matches

A Supreme Court of Canada decision that ruled the Canada Pension Plan is not a policy of insurance is a win for accident victims across the country, says a Toronto lawyer.

«As both the State's and the people's lawyer, the Attorney General is uniquely positioned as an independent voice in shaping pension fund reform, ultimately ensuring that the system works better for taxpayers and retirees alike.»

In fact, Rattner was also being advised by his lawyers to make himself a lower - profile target for federal and state investigators who were probing whether he had paid off a middleman to win a lucrative contract from New York's pension system while he worked on Wall Street, a government source said Wednesday.

The protest is just the latest headache for RBS which has been in the media spotlight for nearly two weeks now as the fine print of Sir Fred's pension is pored over by lawyers and civil servants.

BTW I wonder if his former lawyer and current US Attorney for Southern District ever meet Steven Rattner or Hank Morris and did they ever talk politics or Pension Placement business?

As attorney general, Cuomo exposed what he described as systemic pension fund abuses in which government contractors — including lawyers and doctors for school districts across the state — wrongfully had themselves listed as employees in order to collect taxpayer - funded pensions.

The Democratic governor is pushing a five - point ethics plan that would require corrupt lawmakers to forfeit their public pensions, force lawyer - legislators to name their outside clients and require more documentation for per diem reimbursements.

And they credited Senate lawyer Ed Bartholomew for not cooperating when he was asked to support Bruno's private work soliciting union pension business.

LAW • Lawyers are up in arms about the Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's move to strip state public - pension credits from attorneys who did work for school and other government entities.

The retailer filed for protection from creditors in June and lawyers for Sears» retirees had been asking FSCO and Sears Canada to wind down the pension plan since 2014.

Maybe its different in the US where you seem to sue each other for no reason other than to boost the lawyers pension funds by a process of mutual self - impoverishment, but what I describe is how it is in my 30 - year IT experience in the UK — largely with large and medium sized commercial organisations — finance, banking, retail, engineering and public service sectors.

The research also found that more than two thirds (71 %) of lawyers are unaware how much the government contributes for every pound invested in a pension.

Government lawyers acting on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions said they won't...

A retired tax lawyer for the federal government sued his former employer because he alleges the government failed to fulfil its duty of care in regard to giving him complete and accurate information about his pension options.

The lawsuit is the latest effort by pension - fund plaintiffs and private lawyers to extract penalties from banks for alleged wrongdoing including anticompetitive actions.

More than half of lawyers (58 %) don't understand the key features of a pension Three quarters of lawyers (72 %) don't know how much to set aside for a comfortable life in retirement The amount of money lawyers expect to need in retirement has risen since 2014 — from # 35,678 * to # 36,852 A...

For lawyers, pensions law is technical, highly regulated and often closely intertwined with tax law.

In a motion filed at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice — Commercial List on August 11, 2017, the lawyer for Retirees of Sears Canada cited s. 57 (4) of the Pension Benefits Act (PBA) and s. 30 (7) of the Personal Property Security Act (PPSA) to create a deemed trust priority in favour of the beneficiaries of the pension plan over other assets of the emPension Benefits Act (PBA) and s. 30 (7) of the Personal Property Security Act (PPSA) to create a deemed trust priority in favour of the beneficiaries of the pension plan over other assets of the empension plan over other assets of the employer,

A strange and uncomfortable cohabitation exists between family (private), and administrative (public), lawyers over interpretations of the Child Support Act 1991 (CSA 1991) and in representation of parents and the secretary of state for work and pensions in child support proceedings.

And if a spouse is involved in the practice — for a lot of lawyers spouses are often involved in some way, which is great for income splitting — the spouse too could have an individual pension plan.

It was the family lawyers — Mr Justice Wall (as he then was), Lord Justice Ward and Baroness Hale — who would have put children's rights before other legal principles (see R (Kehoe) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2005] UKHL 48, [2005] 4 All ER 905).

In Farley v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2006] UKHL 31, [2006] 3 All ER 935 it was one family lawyer among three public lawyers.

«Lawyers are in a tough spot because it's really up to us, as people who don't typically have pensions or stock options and forced retirement savings, to plan for retirement.

Often a judgeship can be an attractive second act for many lawyers in their 50s and 60s who are unhappy in their practice but have dreams of a solid pension plan dancing in their head.

I doubt the lawyers who represent the secretary of state for work and pensions (who act in these cases) would agree.

In the House of Lords in Smith v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2006] UKHL 35, [2006] 3 All ER 907 the representation was: four family lawyers; three tax lawyers; and one administrative lawyer.

«She has a very good handle on how the court thinks and is a go - to lawyer for pensions insolvency issues.»

Our employment lawyers represent businesses across a broad range of industry sectors and our clients include financial institutions, commercial businesses, actuaries, pension consultants and trustees who come to us either on an ad hoc basis or who retain our services for ongoing advice.

Robert sits on the committee for the North East Association of Pension Lawyers and is a member of the Pensions Management Institute.

Rachael Oakes heads the «top - class practice» and «is a formidable lawyer», who acts for high - net - worth individuals in matters regarding cross-border assets, businesses, complex trust structures, tax and pension - related issues.

Prior to joining Orrick, Soumaya was a lawyer in the Employment, Pensions & Benefits department of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for four years.

The best * Richmond Family Lawyers are adept at arguing for both equal and unequal of family property including real estate, bank accounts, investments, pensions, CPP, businesses, partnerships, professional practices and capably handling international asset claims and jurisdictional disputes.

We work closely with employment lawyers on contract interpretation and also on executive termination issues where compensation for loss of pension benefits may be a significant factor.

Government lawyers acting on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions said they won't publish it, and that even if a Judge ordered them to publish it, they could simply publish a one word report that said, «yes» or «no».

While traditionally larger firms have provided for their senior legal partners in retirement, some are now moving away from that with the next generation not as willing to cover pensions in an uncertain economic environment where clients are no longer so committed to a relationship with one lawyer or firm.

She prepares and leads discussion forums for the Pension Litigation Committee of the Association of Pension Lawyers and has been a regular speaker at its annual conference for many years.

I'm a barrister, and worked as a government lawyer for twelve years, advising ministers and government departments on a wide range of public law issues from tax to terrorism, from freedom of information to pensions, from discrimination to health and from defence to broadcasting.

Vancouver Spousal Support Termination Reduction Variation Lawyers know pension income should not routinely be used for support purposes where the paying spouse «bought out» the other spouse's interest in it with cash or by giving a greater share of other family property.

Tim Cox of Linklaters was voted the best all round pensions lawyer for the second year running in the annual survey.

Take, for example, «going forward» (as in this statement by a lawyer quoted in today's Globe and Mail: «[I] f you don't meet the grandfathering criteria you're not going to get any growth going forward because your pension is frozen as of that date...»); nearly all of the time you could — and should — omit it; other parts of the sentence do the work for you, making it clear that you're talking about the future.

Lawyers who delay saving for their ideal pension until their mid-30s could end up having to save almost # 500 more every month than if they'd started at the beginning of their career, according to new calculations from Wesleyan, the financial services specialist for lLawyers who delay saving for their ideal pension until their mid-30s could end up having to save almost # 500 more every month than if they'd started at the beginning of their career, according to new calculations from Wesleyan, the financial services specialist for lawyerslawyers.

In comparison if they delayed saving for their pension until 35, the same lawyer would have to put away # 1,150 each month, # 450 more than if they started saving at 25, and equivalent to an extra # 5,400 every year.

I'm a barrister, and worked as a government lawyer for twelve years, advising ministers and government departments on a wide range of public law issues from tax to terrorism, from freedom of information to pensions, from discrimination to health and from defence to broadcasting.

This includes pension income from early retirement and, perhaps most importantly for family lawyers, spousal maintenance and b) surplus capital (savings).

Instead of being a process as originally envisioned (and as this author originally was trained) in which clients choose «no - court» lawyers (usually for their divorces) and then, if needed, mutually hire various other kinds of professionals (such as property appraisers, tax experts, pension advisors, educational experts, child development or parenting specialists), these newly reconstituted collaborative law groups posit that collaborative law can and should be viewed as a «therapeutic jurisprudence» team approach in which divorce emotional and relationship issues are assumed to be addressed along with the legal issues.

At this point, each lawyer may recommend that his / her client take advantage of supportive counselling in relation to the separation or consider the use of impartial professionals for addressing some of the family law issues (e.g. a mediator for parenting issues, a business valuator or actuary to value pensions, etc.).