Supreme Court rules
no nomination needed for entitlement to cohabitee’s survivor’s pension in local government scheme
Our viewpoint
10 February 2017
The Local Government Pension Scheme in Northern Ireland cannot impose a requirement for a nomination form to be completed before paying a cohabitees’ pension to the partner of a scheme member who has died, the Supreme Court has ruled in the Brewster case that has generated a lot of press coverage.
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