NI: Francis Hanna & Co publish “Siobhan’s Story” video ahead of Supreme Court ruling
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Belfast firm Francis Hanna & Co Solicitors has published a two-and-a-half-minute video sharing the story of their client Siobhan McLaughlin, whose UK Supreme Court challenge to the rules governing the payment of a Widowed Parent’s Allowance will conclude tomorrow.
The case was heard by Supreme Court justices in May during its historic first-ever sitting in Belfast.
Judgment will be handed down on Thursday morning and streamed live from the UKSC website.
Lawyers for Ms McLaughlin argued that section 39A(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.
Under the Act, Ms McLaughlin was refused a claim for Widowed Payment’s Allowance after the death of her partner in January 2014, with whom she had lived for 23 years, because she was neither married to nor a civil partner of him at the date of his death.
The appellant won her challenge at the High Court in Belfast, but it was subsequently overturned by the Court of Appeal.
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