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Judges receive their pensions

12 August 2020
Issue: 7899 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Pensions
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Ministers have given an update on progress on pension benefits for judges following the O’Brien No 2 and Miller cases

Hundreds of fee-paid judges were found to have missed out on pensions in the 2018 European Court of Justice ruling (O’Brien No 2) that part-time judges should receive the same benefits as full-time judges, pro rata, and the 2019 Supreme Court judgment (Miller) that judges whose careers included stints of full-time and part-time work should have equal pensions treatment.

About 1,800 judges, of whom 800 have retired, were due more benefits after O’Brien No 2.

As of 29 July, the MoJ confirmed this week in a statement, 964 service records have been agreed with retired and non-retired O’Brien No 2 claimants, service records have been agreed for 606 of the retired judges and interim payments are being made to 510 of those 606.

On Miller claims, the MoJ made some interim payments in July and will begin monthly payments this month. See the full statement at: bit.ly/3fO2I6P.

Issue: 7899 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Pensions
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