Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2006] All ER (D) 102 (Aug)
Court: European Court of Human Rights
Judge:

Judges Casadevall (President), Bratza, Bonello, Pellonpaa, Traja, Pavlovschi and Sikuta and Mr T Early (Section Registrar)
Judgment Dates: 22 August 2006

Catchwords

Human rights - Property - Discrimination - National insurance contributions - Applicant male required to pay national insurance contributions until age of 65 whereas woman required to make payments until age 60 - Whether violation of applicant's Convention rights - European Convention on Human Rights, art 14, First Protocol, art 1.

The Case

The fact that, under United Kingdom law, a man whose earnings fell above the relevant threshold was required to pay national insurance contributions until the pensionable age of 65, whereas a woman in an equivalent position was only required to make contributions until she reached the female pensionable age of 60, did not amount to a violation of art14 of the European Convention on Human Rights, taken in conjunction with art1 of the First Protocol.

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