{"id":60908,"date":"2017-07-17T13:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T06:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-man-who-won-a-landmark-legal-battle-for-same-sex-pension-rights\/"},"modified":"2017-07-17T13:10:20","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T06:10:20","slug":"the-man-who-won-a-landmark-legal-battle-for-same-sex-pension-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-man-who-won-a-landmark-legal-battle-for-same-sex-pension-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"The man who won a landmark legal battle for same-sex pension rights"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nJohn Walker fought for 11 years to make sure his husband will be provided for in the same way that a wife would beJohn Walker was on a river cruise through Bangkok with his husband when he heard the supreme court was finally about to end his 11-year legal battle.After a tortuously slow campaign to secure another landmark moment in the march towards equality, he had just 10 days to race back to London and prepare for the outcome to which he has dedicated his retirement. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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