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UK judicial pensions consultation outcome: JPS22 cost control mechanism, technical amendments, FPJPS deadline extensions, changes to added benefits schemes, and addition of eligible offices

Published on: 30 October 2024

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Background

The Fee-Paid Judicial Pension Scheme (‘FPJPS’) was introduced in 2017, arising from the ruling in O’Brien v Ministry of Justice [2013] UKSC 6. It broadly replicated the pension arrangements for salaried judges under the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (‘JUPRA’) but, at launch, only awarded benefits for qualifying service from 7 April 2000 onwards. Following O’Brien v Ministry of Justice (Case C-432/17), FPJPS was revised to extend benefits to eligible service prior to 7 April 2000. The changes also allowed qualifying members to have benefits assessed under the Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (‘JPA81’), whose provisions covered certain salaried judges with service before 31 March 1995.

The Judicial Pension Scheme 2015 (‘JPS15’), covering both salaried and fee-paid judges, began in 2015. In 2022, in response to concerns about recruiting and retaining judges, the Judicial Pension Scheme 2022 (‘JPS22’) came into force. It re-introduced tax-unregistered status (previously applying to JUPRA and FPJPS, but not JPS15) and offered a higher benefit accrual rate. The day before JPS22 started, all other judicial pension schemes ceased further accruals. Following the successful challenge in McCloud v Ministry of Justice [2018] EWCA Civ...

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