High Court ruling may protect bankrupts' pensions after freedoms take effect

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A man in bankruptcy has retained his personal pension after a High Court judge decided he should not be compelled to hand it over under an Income Payments Order (IPO).

The landmark ruling could mean bankrupts' pensions are protected after ‘freedom and choice' takes effect in April despite an earlier judgement opening up the full cash lump sum for insolvency claim...

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