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Public sector workers to pay more and retire later
Six million public sector workers are to lose their final salary pension schemes and will have to work for up to six years longer under plans to ease the state's £30bn pensions liability. A government-commissioned report by Lord Hutton, the former Labour pensions secretary, proposes sweeping changes to state pensions that will mean nurses, doctors, teachers, local government and other public sector workers will have to pay more into their pension pots, retire later and many will receive less when they do.... More »
Craig Ward Legal Update
The recent case of Thorpe v Fellowes Solicitors LLP [2011] EWHC 61 (QB) illustrates the care solicitors should exercise when seeing elderly clients. Ensuring they can correctly identify issues relating to mental capacity and where a client is no longer able to sufficiently understand. Mrs Justice Sharp said, “A solicitor is generally only required to make inquiries as to a person's capacity to contract if there are circumstances such as to raise doubt as to this in the mind of a reasonably competent practitioner.”... More »
Craig Ward Legal Update
Just why someone chooses to stand for public office is perhaps mystifying! However, to support and further develop this realisation the Government seeks your views as to what extra support a disabled person may need as an MP, councillor or other elected official.... More »
Legal Update: Craig Ward of Law Talks
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Treasury retreats over public sector pensions reforms
The first week of February has seen the government retreat over reforms to public sector pensions, saying it will not have proposals ready until the summer rather than pressing ahead with planned higher contributions in the March budget.... More »