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  • The Ill-Health Dilemma

    United Kingdom 19.08.1999
    Mark Kowalik looks at the problems arising from ill-health pensions in the context of recent cases Claims for ill-health pensions form one of the most contentious areas for pension scheme trustees and...
  • Trading places

    United Kingdom 19.08.1999
    Kevin Pither examines the impact of Self Assessment on occupational pension schemes The implementation of Self Assessment and the treatment of the information received as a result, is seen by many as clear...
  • The Green Paper - Where are we now?

    United Kingdom 19.08.1999
    Karen Mumgaard looks at how far the Government’s proposals for reform have progressed General Occupational pension schemes are, in the view of the Government, the great welfare success story of century;...
  • Edge v Pensions Ombudsman 3

    United Kingdom 19.08.1999
    The long awaited Court of Appeal decision in this case arrived on 29 July. You may remember that the case concerned use of surplus in an ongoing scheme. The trustees had decided to augment benefits for...
  • Flexible retirement and recent developments

    United Kingdom 19.08.1999
    Keith Webster considers the impact of the Inland Revenue’s flexible retirement proposals and recent changes As society becomes more affluent, more and more people want to retire early at an age when...
  • Pensions Update: Fancy Dancing - Caribbean Style

    United Kingdom 17.08.1999
    This month has seen reports of a £350m settlement being offered by the Government in the National Bus dispute. Only two months ago the Privy Council decided that the Jamaican Government could retain...
  • Review of Polish Environment Law - the need for a cohesive and integrated system of Environment Law

    United Kingdom 17.08.1999
    Introduction The state of Environment Law in Poland today has resulted, as has been the case in many other jurisdictions, from a disparate and often isolated approach to specific problems. As a result...
  • European Commission Proposal on Taxation of Savings

    United Kingdom 17.08.1999
    Background This note briefly outlines the main points arising from the European Commission’s proposal for a Directive on the taxation of savings income. The stated objective of the Directive is “to...
  • Anti-Pollution Works Regulations 1999 - the empowerment of the Environment Agency

    United Kingdom 17.08.1999
    It is interesting to note that the Environment Agency is empowered under the Anti-Pollution Works Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No. 1006) to serve notice to remediate or mitigate on "any person who has caused...
  • Environmental Obligations of the Water Industry - environmental and quality objectives to be achieved by the water industry

    United Kingdom 17.08.1999
    The Director General of Water Services, Ian Byatt, received guidance from the Government in September 1998 in its document "Raising the Quality" on the environmental and quality objectives to be achieved...