The International Consortium of British Pensioners (ICPB) had decided earlier that they would appeal a negative decision on the Frozen UK Pensions case and move to the 17-judge ECHR Grand Chamber. This appeal will now take place on September 2.
An article in the UK Telegraph outlines the case well. It is titled How saving the pound led to 54 years of injustice.
The real question is whether the appropriate resolution for these Frozen UK Pensions , should be deternined by legality, equity or morality. If it were based on equity or morality, then most observers agree on the outcome. Instead the UK Government has chosen to treat it only as a legal question and so far the answer has been no. Perhaps the ECHR on September 2 will come to a Yes view as the chairman of the earlier ECHR hearing did in his dissenting opinion. Some 500,000 UK pensioners around the world are watching with bated breath.
Other References
- Canadians’ Pensions Frozen
- Frozen British Pensions Still On Their Way To The European Court Of Human Rights
- Pension Parity For UK Pensioners
- UK Frozen Pensions And The Moral Debt Of Honour
- Frozen UK Pensions – European Court of Human Rights – Decision
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