WIDOW BENEFITS
June 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Court of Human Rights has ruled that the British government is breaking the European Convention on Human Rights by blocking men from receiving both a Widow's Payment and a Widowed Mother's Allowance.Its ruling followed a case brought by Kevin Willis, of Bristol, who was awarded Pounds 25,000 in damages and Pounds 12,500 costs and expenses.He had claimed an infringement of the convention's sex discrimination rules when he was refused access to the benefits following the death of his wife, who had been the main wage earner in his family ...
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