Civil partnership ruling boosts pension rights

A Supreme Court ruling that it is unlawful for an opposite-sex couple to be barred from entering into a civil partnership could help many more people qualify for pension benefits.

A landmark ruling last week could help many more people qualify for pension benefits. The Supreme Court found that it was unlawful for an opposite-sex couple to be barred from entering into a civil partnership, thus establishing legal parity with same-sex couples.

Many occupational pension schemes only offer survivors' benefits, such as widows' pensions, to married couples or gay couples with civil partnerships. If men and women enter into civil partnerships, they would almost certainly have to be offered the same benefits. The fallout from the Supreme Court ruling continues, with the government now reviewing the law on marriage and civil partnerships.

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