Publisher's Synopsis
This work offers expert advice on how to calculate a client's claim; negotiate an advantageous settlement; beat the bank; surmount tax and pension problems; and contract out of the Child Support Act. This edition is up to date with changes ensuing from the 1997 Budget and provides essential information needed in court, including tax rates and social security benefits, pensions guide, inflation tables, average house prices, Child Support ready reckoners, Duxbury tables, and the latest statutes and SIs. It also discusses pensions splitting; the repeal of s 30 LPA 1925 by the Trusts and Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996; the Child Support Departure Direction Regulations 1996; the Divorce etc (Pensions) Regulations 1996; recent case law; and the Pilot Scheme for Ancillary Relief, with a precedent of Form E.
