The Weekly Law Reports
[2018] 1 WLR 4250
Supreme Court
*In re McLaughlin
[2018] UKSC 48
2018 April 30,
Aug 30
Aug 30
Baroness Hale of Richmond PSC, Lord Mance DPSC, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Hodge, Lady Black JJSC
Social security— Contributory benefit— Widowed parent’s allowance— Unmarried parents— One parent dying— Surviving parent not entitled to widowed parent’s allowance to which she would have been entitled had she been married to deceased— Whether statutory provision incompatible with Convention rights—
Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c 7) (as amended by Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (SI 1999/3147) (NI 11), art 52(2), Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c 33), Sch 24, para 74 and Child Benefit Act 2005 (c 6), s 2, Sch 1, para 29), s 39A
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Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 14, Pt II, art 1