High Court rules bankrupts must hand over pensions

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A High Court judge ruled today that bankrupts could be forced to draw their pensions and hand them over to their creditors.

In the case Raithatha v Williamson, B Livesey QC ruled that a pension which has not yet been drawn, but which a bankrupt could draw because they are of the right age, can be subject to an income pa...

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