'Landmark' pension rights victory for gay couple in Supreme Court

Former chemical company worker John Walker won the case to gain equal pension rights for his husband, despite initially losing his plea to overturn Innospec's decision to refuse scheme benefits on death. The final decision represented an overall clarification of pension scheme law, ensuring same-sex couples have the same rights as opposite-sex couples. The ruling Walker worked for Innospec from 1980 to 2003 and had lived with his husband since 1993. Walker and his husband had been in a civil partnership since 2006 and later converted this into a marriage. Walker asked Innospec if...