High Court today on mixed-age couples and pension credit

Judgment just out in:

Prichard, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2020] EWHC 1495 (Admin) (12 June 2020) 

In short, the High Court concludes that the exclusion of mixed-age couples from pension credit is not discriminatory ....

... when the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions made the 2019 Order, [they] had the regard to the equality needs listed in section 149 of the 2010 Act which was due, and the 2019 Order (and the provisions it commences) are not incompatible with the claimants Convention rights.

(We’ll have a full summary for you in our case law section on Monday .... )