The claimant sought judicial review of the decision setting the level of pension payable to him as widower of a deceased general practitioner. He said that the amount payable would have been greater if he had been a women surviving a husband practitioner, since the regulations discounted his wife’s service before 1988.
Judges:
Supperstone J
Citations:
[2011] EWHC 2095 (Admin)
Links:
Statutes:
National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995, European Convention on Human Rights 14
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Health Professions, Discrimination
Updated: 17 September 2022; Ref: scu.442438