Innospec v Walker: Same sex partners and the right to pension benefits

It might not be fair but law on same sex survivor benefits is clear

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Rosalind Connor says it might not be fair, but the Court of Appeal has made the has clarified the law on same sex survivor benefits

When the Civil Partners Act 2004 came into force in December 2005, it aimed to provide same sex civil partners with the same benefits and legal status as spouses (then the reserve of heterosexual c...

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