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