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PO determination on due disregard of surviving spouse’s pre-marriage relationship (Mrs R PO-8302)

PO determination on due disregard of surviving spouse’s pre-marriage relationship (Mrs R PO-8302)

Published on: 25 May 2016

Published by: LexisPSL

PO determination on due disregard of surviving spouse’s pre-marriage relationship (Mrs R PO-8302)
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Pensions analysis: In Mrs R (PO-8302), the Pensions Ombudsman failed to uphold a complaint by the widow of a deceased member of an occupational pension scheme that she had been improperly denied a spouse’s pension. Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP looks at the decision Sign in or take a trial to read the full analysis.

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