UPDATED: GMPs must be equalised and arrears paid, High Court rules

James Phillips
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Thousands of defined benefit (DB) schemes will be forced to amend their scheme rules and equalise guaranteed minimum pensions (GMPs) between men and women, the High Court has ruled.

In a landmark decision today (26 October), the court ruled pensions provided to members who had contracted-out of their scheme must be recalculated to ensure payments reflect the equalisation of no...

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