Green v Comr of Police of the Metropolis

Subject Matter

PENSIONS — Police pension scheme — Survivor’s pension — Scheme providing for cessation of survivor’s pension on cohabitation or remarriage — Exception where pension member dying in line of duty — Whether difference in treatment discrimination on ground of “other status” — Whether provision interfering with right to respect for family life and right to marry — Whether interference justified — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 12, 14, Pt II, art 1 — Police Pensions Regulations 1987 (SI 1987/257), Pt C9

[2022] EWHC 1286 (Admin); [2022] ICR 1423; [2022] WLR(D) 252, QBD

PENSIONS — Police pension scheme — Survivor’s pension — Scheme providing for cessation of survivor’s pension on cohabitation or remarriage — Whether provision interfering with right to marry — Whether interference justified — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 12 — Police Pensions Regulations 1987 (SI1987/257), reg C9 (as substituted by Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/740), Sch 1, para 3)

[2022] EWCA Civ 1686; [2023] ICR 429; [2023] 3 All ER 845; [2023] WLR(D) 7, CA

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