Sackers

Speculation is rife that Chancellor George Osborne will introduce a flat-rate of tax relief, which will benefit lower earners according to a report in the Financial Times.

Jacqui Reid has been made an associate director at Sackers where she will focus on contract-based defined contribution (DC) arrangements and provider work.

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has sided with members of the Police Pension Scheme who were hit by a tax penalty when they returned to work after retiring.

Sackers has elevated Georgina Jones to partner and Katharine Swire to senior associate in the law firm's pensions team.

Rebecca Shahoud looks at an upcoming case

Sackers has appointed Philippa Connaughton as a partner.

The Pensions Protection Fund Ombudsman (PPFO) has rejected a complaint held by trustees over the suitability of a PPF levy guarantor.

Fewer than ten life companies will have conquered the market by 2020

Vicky Carr says that escrow arrangements have been the most popular type of contingent asset used by Sackers' clients over the past 12 months, a trend she expects to continue in the current low gilt yield environment.

Sackers has recruited Alasdair Blackshaw as an associate, taking the firm's total number of lawyers to 51.