Rhys Taylor | Vice Chair of the Editorial Board & Journal Editor

Rhys Taylor | Vice Chair of the Editorial Board & Journal Editor

Rhys Taylor is a barrister at The 36 Group. He is a member of the Family Procedure Rule Committee, the sub-committee of the Online Procedure Rule Comm...

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The Pensions Ombudsman for Family Lawyers

The Pensions Ombudsman for Family Lawyers

Status of the Pensions Ombudsman The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) is constituted under the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (PSA 1993). TPO may investigate and determine any complaint made to them in writing by or on behalf of an authorised complainant who alleges that they have sustained injustice in consequence of maladministration

Interview with Professor David Hodson

Interview with Professor David Hodson

The Life and Career of Professor David Hodson OBE KC(Hons) MCIArb, Solicitor, Mediator, Arbitrator, Australian Solicitor and DDJ David, what was your background? It was modest. My father won a scholarship to a grammar school in Southampton but like so many, the war interfered with his education and he

Advice for the Young at Heart

Advice for the Young at Heart

Pupillages are commencing. There was recently some chatter in my chambers about what a family law pupil should have read or at least be aware of. Engaging though this conversation was, it got me thinking about what advice is not to be obviously found in the books or law reports.

Pensions on Divorce – Standard Family Order Template and Short Marriages

Pensions on Divorce – Standard Family Order Template and Short Marriages

This article deals with two points. The first relates to the publication of the new pension sharing order (PSO) template at paragraph number 95 in the Standard Family Orders suite. The second relates to the issue of short marriages in the context of pensions on divorce. The new Standard Family

Pensions on Divorce – Standard Family Order Template

Pensions on Divorce – Standard Family Order Template

This article relates to the publication of the new pension sharing order (PSO) template at paragraph number 95 in the Standard Family Orders suite. The new Standard Family Order PSO template The new clause 1. There shall be provision by way of [a] pension sharing order[s] as follows: 1.

The Class Legal Financial Remedies Skyline: a Review

The Class Legal Financial Remedies Skyline: a Review

Consider changes to the London skyline over a generation. Now consider Mostyn J’s contribution to the law reports over a similar time. I see a similar picture. The scenery has been changed almost beyond recognition as a result of industry, intellect and innovation. Like Churchill, Mostyn has also written

The Galbraith Tables: a New Chapter for Pension Offsetting on Divorce?

The Galbraith Tables: a New Chapter for Pension Offsetting on Divorce?

Purpose of this article This article discusses how the thinking on the remedy of offsetting of pension rights has emerged over time, and introduces the ‘Galbraith Tables’, being the authors’ attempt to produce transparent and accessible published tables that are suitable for the valuation of pension rights for such offsetting