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The claimant was a member of an occupational pension scheme, which was contracted out of the state earnings related pension scheme, for some of his working life.
He had also been contracted in to SERPS. He claimed that there was an error in his state pension and appealed to the Social Security Appeal Tribunal.
The appeal was dismissed and permission to appeal against the decision was not given. The claimant sought judicial review of that decision.
The High Court said that no jurisdictional error had occurred. Although he had paid higher National Insurance contributions when he was contracted in to SERPS, the link between those contributions and his pension entitlement was tenuous.
His additional pension had been reduced because of a privately provided pension.
The claimant’s application for judicial review was dismissed.
