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Pensions Law

Wildy's Book of the Month - March 2008

The Pensions Law Handbook 8th edition, is the definitive and comprehensive guide to pensions law and practice within the UK. It deals with the duties and responsibilities of key personnel and the law applicable to specific tasks, such as contracting out, early leavers, reconstruction, winding-up, funding and surplus.

This practical handbook will guide you through the complex web of pensions-related statues, regulations and case law, providing accessible, easy-to-understand explanations of the relevant topical issues.

This new edition takes full account of the major and extensive changes to the pensions law regime including:-

• New Age Discrimination legislation, affecting all pensions schemes and arrangements
• Family leave entitlements and how they impact on benefit accrual
• Finance Act - further updating following clarification of the new regime
• Companies Act 2006 - changes to trustee indemnities and conflict issues
• The Pensions Regulator - guidance on inducements offered by companies to reduce pension liabilities, revised cross border guidance, revised death benefit guidance
• Equalisation - looking at the impact of the Dubery and Toray Textiles cases on pension schemes
• Pensions Bill 2006 - new Internal Dispute Resolution requirements and the abolition of contracting out in DC schemes