Bradshaw, Dixon and Moore can help you check pensions disclosed by a spouse and how to deal with any issues.

The first step is to check that all pensions have been disclosed.  If your client completed our Pension Identification Form for their spouse that will provide you a list to check against.  If not you can do it now.

If the spouse has disclosed a CETV for a final salary pension then this is not an appropriate valuation for divorce.  Appropriate actuarial valuations will be larger.  If in the ancillary relief process and offsetting you might want to prove to your client that it is worth getting a full actuarial report .  You can do this using our Express Pension Valuation from only £25 + VAT per scheme, refundable against full reports.

You could also use this service instead of full reports for non-ancillary relief cases.

There could also be issues with pensions in payment, old money purchase and with-profit pensions.  A financial advisor could help you identify them