Transsexual wins pension battle in EU court

The EU's highest court has ruled that a British law defining pension rights based on birth gender violated fundamental human rights.

The Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice on Thursday (27 April) ruled in favour of a transsexual woman's right to cash in her pension money, against British claims that member states have their own right to set pension rules.

60 year-old Sarah Margaret Richards, who was a man until 2001, was told by UK authorities she had to wait until the age...