Overview

• A two-day High Court hearing is scheduled for 9–10 December 2025 before a senior judge, with a decision likely in spring 2026 according to WASPI.
• Government lawyers are serving hundreds, possibly thousands, of pages along with Detailed Grounds of Resistance to justify refusing compensation.
• The challenge follows the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s recommendation of £1,000 to £2,950 per affected woman.
• Courts cannot compel compensation payments, but a ruling could require ministers to revisit their response to the Ombudsman's findings.
• About 3.5 million women born in the 1950s were affected by state pension age increases, and campaigners say many were not properly informed.