Woman wins right to late partner's military pension

Jane Langford had been in a relationship with Air Commodore Christopher Green for 15 years

On Wednesday the Court of Appeal unanimously held that this rule breached Ms Langford's human rights, in a move that is likely to have far-reaching consequences for other unmarried couples in the public sector. Lord Justice McCombe said the RAF's"broad exclusionary rule" barring married partners from receiving such compensation was"a sledgehammer to crack a nut".

Ms Langford, who lives near Reading in Berkshire, was shocked when she was told she would not be eligible for his pension. She had been estranged from her husband for 17 years. "There hasn't been much spare money. Now I can have a holiday, I can have my friends and children to stay, I can buy Christmas presents for my children."

Good. So she should.

I would guess that the pension is approx £60k a year.

Now she can go after her husband‘s pension too.

I can see the stampede now

Why would you not divorce a spouse you've been estranged for 17 years, as she had, especially if she'd spent the last 15 of them with somebody else?

How does it take 15 years to get around to divorcing her husband and then getting married to the second man. Was she seeing which one croacked first to see who she could get money out of?

I guess if the husband had died she'd get all that too...😏

Tories helping mates out, air commodores girlfriend, the absolute last person it should go to.

So you don't have to be married to have marital rights? Well, that whole gay marriage thing was a waste of time, wasn't it?

She should not have had to fight it's a disgrace how services and their families get treated sometimes

Does she deserve it?

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