Despite the Ministry of Justice arguing that part-time judges were office holders, and therefore not subject to Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000, the Supreme Court has ruled that part-time judges in fact have an employment relationship. Thus the Court ruled that they are workers under the Framework Agreement on Part-Time Work and eligible for pro-rated pensions equivalent to those given to their full-time counterparts.

The Court held that, although the provision of pensions to part time judges will diminish the pensions fund for full-time judges, their exclusion up to now was unjustifiable. The pension owed to the appellant will be decided by a Tribunal. http://bit.ly/12vqgFl