NILGOSC leads way on finding death benefits solution after losing Brewster case

Michael Klimes
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The Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC) is building consensus on what the landmark Brewster judgement means for the awarding of death benefits to unmarried couples.

On 8 February the Supreme Court ruled that Denise Brewster should receive the pension of her deceased unmarried partner, William Leonard McMullan, who paid into the Local Government Pension Scheme ...

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