The British Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a gay retiree’s husband is entitled to the same pension benefits a wife would enjoy regardless of when payment into the program began.
Liberty client John Walker’s landmark legal battle to secure equal pension benefits for his husband will, if he wins, end the financial penalisation of thousands of same-sex couples in civil partnerships and civil marriages.
A High Court judge, Mrs Justice Andrews DBE, this morning ruled that the government’s discrimination against opposite-sex couples by denying them access to civil partnerships is legitimate and justified.
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