The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has issued an update on judges’ pensions following the case of O’Brien v MoJ [2013] UKSC 6, and Miller v MoJ at the employment tribunal in January.
It will implement a fee-paid Judicial Pension Scheme (JPS) for fee-paid service from 7 April 2000 to 31 March 2015 for eligible fee-paid judicial office holders, as described in the Miller judgment. The scheme will mirror the current Judicial Pensions & Retirement Act scheme.
Fee-paid judicial office holders will qualify for the scheme from 7 April 2000, although that date is subject to appeal and may change.
The new JPS 2015, due to begin on 1 April 2015, will apply to fee-paid and salaried judicial office holders. A 12-week consultation on its regulations began on 17 June 2014 and ends on 8 September. The MoJ has urged all affected parties to view the consultation.
