Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Yates [2009] EWCA Civ 479; [2009] WLR (D) 184
“A Canadian widow who, on her marriage to a British national in Canada, received a British pension based on her husband’s contributions and paid at the rate applicable to the inflation uprating he received, frozen at the time he emigrated, was entitled on his death to a higher rate of pension calculated at the same inflation uprating. She was not entitled to have her pension based on the uprating applicable at the time of his death.”
WLR Daily, 12th June 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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