Divorce, pensions and professional collaboration in the HNW world

'Beware the attraction of the simple solution'

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Matrimonial lawyer Richard Kershaw explores divorce and pensions from the perspective of professional collaboration in the HNW world…

I have very little sporting prowess, as my family will confirm, but as a matrimonial lawyer I frequently picture myself as the professional equivalent of a rugby scrum-half, receiving a slippery ball from the back of a scrum and then considering (rapidly) what on earth to do with it – kick downfield; pass to one of the centres; or take a chance and nip through the gap of onrushing opponents. The reality is that I often have to reach simultaneously for a number of colleagues in different disciplines across the professions. The focus of this article is pensions and PODEs - pension on divor...

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