Recently a case was brought to the High Court by members of the Judicial and Firefighters’ pension schemes. Their case related to the transitional protection that was offered to members of final salary arrangements when public sector schemes were reformed. Their complaint was on the grounds of age discrimination (that some members who were within 10 years of their Normal Pension Age remained in the final salary arrangement while others transitioned into a new arrangement). In December 2018 the Court of Appeal ruled in their favour and said the changes were discriminatory based on age and that the government hadn’t been justified in their decision.

In June the Supreme Court ruled that the Government does not have grounds to appeal the decision and consequently an Employment Tribunal will need to identify a suitable remedy.

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