2010

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• April 2010 - Sackers submits response to record-keeping consultation

  Sacker & Partners LLP has responded to the consultation by the Pensions Regulator (published on 2 February 2010), on proposals for regulation entitled, “Record-keeping: measuring member data”.

• April 2010 - Sackers tops the Blue Book

  Sacker & Partners LLP, the UK’s leading specialist pensions law firm, has retained its position as the top pensions legal advisory firm in this year’s Pension Funds and Their Advisers, more commonly known as the “Blue Book”.

• March 2010 - Sackers named as a Top Legal Employer 2010

  Sacker & Partners LLP, the UK’s leading specialist pensions law firm, has been presented with a ‘Top Legal Employer 2010’ award in recognition of its outstanding HR policies and practices and its excellent working conditions.

• March 2010 - Sackers appoints new solicitor to Dispute Resolution Unit

  Sacker & Partners LLP, the UK’s leading specialist pensions law firm, has appointed James Bingham, a newly qualified solicitor, to its Dispute Resolution Unit.

• March 2010 - Budget 2010

  In the Chancellor, Alistair Darling's, last Budget before the General Election, the Government has confirmed that it will implement the restriction on pensions tax relief which it first announced in the 2009 Budget, and sets out how this will be applied and delivered. The Government sought stakeholders’ opinions on the plans to implement the restriction, in a consultation which closed on 3 March 2010. The response to this consultation has been published today, alongside the Budget - a mere three weeks after the consultation closed.

• March 2010 - Nick Couldrey interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s File on Four

  Nick Couldrey of Sackers was interviewed by Fran Abrams for BBC Radio 4’s File on Four “How Firms Avoid Pension Costs”, on 9 March 2010.

• March 2010 - Sackers responds to DWP consultation on pension scheme disclosure requirements

• March 2010 - Sackers responds to the Pension Regulator’s consultation on revised internal controls guidance

• February 2010 - Sackers comments on record-keeping consultation

  On 2 February 2010, the Pensions Regulator published a consultation on proposals for regulation entitled, “Record-keeping: measuring member data”.

• February 2010 - Charting a course to clearer water?

  In what is set to be one of the most high profile cases of 2010, Sackers are helping the Pilots' National Pension Fund (PNPF) to chart a course to clearer waters. It has been listed by 'The Lawyer' as one of the top 10 cases of 2010.