Robertson v The United Kingdom: ECHR 1 Apr 2008

The claimant, a widow, said that he had been denied the benefits (the Widowed Mother’s Allowance) which would have been available to a woman in his circumstances.
Held: The claim had been settled on the respondent admitting that there was no objective justification for the difference in treatment.

Citations:

12828/02, [2008] ECHR 245

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

European Convention on Human Rights 14

Jurisdiction:

Human Rights

Citing:

CitedWillis v The United Kingdom ECHR 11-Jun-2002
Discrimination in the payment of ‘widows payment’ and widowed mother’s allowance infringed the rights conferred by article 14 read with article 1 of Protocol 1 but no finding was made about the widow’s pension. The risk of the applicant being . .
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Human Rights, Benefits, Discrimination

Updated: 01 October 2022; Ref: scu.266363