The High Court has overturned a Pensions Ombudsman decision that left a deceased member's unmarried partner of 20 years empty handed despite maladministration.
Trustees of the Alitalia Airlines Pension Scheme told a member, Ms Brahja, that although she was not married to her partner, Mr Catchpole, he would qualify for a spouse’s pension on her death. T...
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