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What does Preservation mean? In pensions practice, preservation refers to statutory rules that protect a member’s accrued pension rights when they leave service before retirement, so those rights are kept (deferred) rather than forfeited. In England & Wales and Scotland, preservation is set mainly by the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and the Occupational Pension Schemes (Preservation of Benefit) Regulations 1991; Northern Ireland has parallel provisions in its 1993 Act and Regulations; Ireland’s regime is under the Pensions Act 1990. Key features include: a vesting/qualifying service period (typically two years) after which the member becomes entitled to preserved benefits; provision of at least short service benefit,...

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Insolvency office-holders: preservation, retention and disclosure of documents; inspection rights, privilege and Civil Procedure Rules (England and Wales)

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The duty of Insolvency office-holders to preserve information and its relationship with the Civil Procedure Rules

The entitlements and obligations of insolvency office-holders regarding records, and the information contained within them, derive from, and are constrained by, the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986), the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 (IR 2016), SI 2016/1024, the Insolvency Regulations 1994 (IR 1994), SI 1994/2507, together with the Civil Procedure Rules 1998, SI 1998/3132. In the course of administering an insolvent estate, an office-holder may acquire, retain, or produce multiple types of documents. Such rights and responsibilities relate to both the papers themselves and the data they hold, and exist by virtue of those instruments and remain subject to their provisions. This includes procedural duties and constraints...

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Rowena specialises in commercial chancery litigation, with particular expertise in the areas of insolvency, commercial law and fraud. Her practice has both a national and an international focus, with many cases incorporating, or consisting of, cross-border or international disputes. Rowena is a robust and confident advocate, with extensive court experience. Her practice embraces all aspects of commercial and insolvency litigation (both personal and corporate), with particular expertise in breach of directors’ duties claims, officeholder claims, fraud, and all aspects of asset tracing/asset recovery. Much of Rowena’s work takes place in the High Court and the Insolvency and Companies Court. Clients commend Rowena on her thorough, commercially focused advice and her strength as an advocate. Rowena is called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, British Virgin Islands and sits as a Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court Judge in the High Court in London....

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