R (Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police) v Crown Court at Sheffield

Subject Matter

POLICE — Pension — Injury pension — Police officer retiring on ground of permanent disablement — Officer making injury pension claim years later on basis disablement resulting from injury received in execution of duty — Injury pension awarded as from date of claim — Crown Court on appeal backdating award to date of retirement and awarding interest — Whether Crown Court having jurisdiction to decide appeal — Whether injury pension to be backdated to date of retirement — Whether power to award interest — Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/932) (as amended by Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/3063), regs 3, 7(4)), regs 11, 34, 43(1)

[2020] EWHC 210 (Admin); [2020] ICR 1311; [2020] WLR(D) 76, QBD

POLICE — Pension — Injury pension — Police officer retiring on ground of permanent disablement — Injury pension claim made 11 years later — Injury pension awarded as from date of claim — Officer appealing to Crown Court against refusal to backdate award to date of retirement — Whether matter within Crown Court jurisdiction — Whether injury pension to be backdated to date of retirement — Whether Crown Court having power to award interest — Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/932), regs 11, 34, 43(1)

[2021] EWCA Civ 1699; [2022] ICR 623; [2021] WLR(D) 582, CA

Appellate History