The WLR Daily case summaries
[2015] WLR (D) 406
DISCRIMINATION — Part-time worker — Pension — Fee-paid recorder entitled to pro rata pension of full-time circuit judge — — Whether period of service prior to prohibition of discrimination in European Union and domestic law to count in calculating pension — — Whether Council Directive having retroactive effect— — Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/1551), reg 1(2)(3) — — Council Directive 97/81/EC, Annex, cl 4
DISCRIMINATION — Sexual orientation — Pension — Claimant in receipt of occupational pension with survivor’s benefit of spouses — — Relevant service complete before prohibition of discrimination on ground of sexual orientation in European Union and domestic law — — Claimant registering civil partnership and subsequently marrying civil partner— — Whether denial of survivor’s benefit under provision permitting such discrimination prior to introduction of civil partnerships compatible with European Union law — — Whether Council Directive having retroactive effect— — Equality Act 2010, Sch 9, para 18(1) — — Council Directive 2000/78/EC, art 1