A delayed government decision on pension rights for same sex married couples and civil partners could be costly and problematic for trustees, lawyers warn.
Passed last week, the Marriage Act legalising gay marriage does not remove the loophole allowing schemes to limit survivor benefits for civil partners and same sex spouses to post-2005 accrual, but...
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