UK - Personal pension holders who were made bankrupt prior to May 29, 2000 face the prospect of losing their pension after the Court of Appeal confirmed that the Insolvency Act 1986 - insofar as it relates to a bankrupt's pension entitlement pre-May 2000 - is indeed compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.
Law firm Halliwell Landau successfully represented a trustee in bankruptcy in the hugely significant Rowe v Sanders Court of Appeal case last week. The decision upholds earlier rulings in the cases...
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