Police Pensions Law

Samantha Broadfoot QC and David Lock QC discuss how pension and pension related decisions can be challenged in the Courts and in the PMAB.

In this final part on police injury pensions, Samantha Broadfoot QC and David Lock QC discuss the calculation of the amounts that injury pensioners are entitled to be paid; regulation 12 awards for those who are totally and permanently disabled as a result of police service and the structure for reviewing ill health and injury pensions.

In this episode Samantha Broadfoot QC and David Lock QC look at concept of “degree of disablement” and at some of the problems around causation and the difficulties that can arise where officers suffer from multiple conditions or a single injury which has multiple causes.

In this episode Samantha Broadfoot QC and David Lock QC start to explain the system of police injury pensions, also known as Injury on Duty awards or IoD awards.  This is the first of 3 parts on this subject.  It deals with some background and the first of the key concepts: permanently disabled, without default, in the execution of his duty.

In this episode David Lock QC and Samantha Broadfoot QC look at the law on ill-health retirements and ill-health pensions.

In this episode Sam Broadfoot QC and David Lock QC set out the basic features of the 3 police pensions schemes and look at the law involved in moving officers from one scheme to another and the age discrimination challenge that was brought.

This episode introduces the basic concepts in police pension law, sets out the key legal framework and explores the potential conflict of interest between the Chief Constable as the Police Pension Authority and as the person responsible for the overall budget of her area.

Police Pensions Podcast will be launching on Monday 8th June 2020!  Join us then!!!