Widowed parent’s allowance. The Court of Appeal unanimously held that the legislation was not incompatible with article 14, read either with article 8 or with A1P1
Morgan LCJ, Gillen LJ and Weatherup LJ
[2016] NICA 53
Bailii
European Convention on Human Rights 8 A1P1 8, Social Security Contributions and Benefits (NI) Act 1992 36A 39A
Northern Ireland
Citing:
Appeal from – Mclaughlin’s Application QBNI 9-Feb-2016
The claimant appealed from refusal of payment of Bereavement Benefit and Widowed Parent’s Allowance on the grounds that she had neither married nor been civil partner of her deceased partner. She applied for judicial review of that decision on the . .
Cited by:
Cited – McLaughlin, Re Judicial Review SC 30-Aug-2018
The applicant a differently sexed couple sought to marry under the Civil Partnership Act 2004, but complained that they would lose the benefits of widowed parent’s allowance. Parliament had decided to delay such rules to allow assessment of reaction . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Updated: 06 September 2021; Ref: scu.605161