"The LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme, approved in 2024, offers a flat rate payment of 50,000 for those dismissed under the ban, but excludes those constructively dismissed."
"Stewart and Shephard received 7,000 and 5,000 impact payments respectively, but their applications for the larger payment were refused due to ineligibility."
"The ban on gay men and lesbian women serving in the British military lasted until 2000, resulting in about 200-250 dismissals each year."
"Barrister Kate Gallafent KC stated that the scheme's rules are structurally unfair, as they do not account for those who were forced to resign."
Steven Stewart and Mark Shephard, veterans forced to resign due to their sexuality, are taking legal action against the Ministry of Defence over the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme. They argue the scheme is unfair as it excludes those constructively dismissed from receiving larger compensation payments. The scheme, established in 2024, offers payments to victims of a ban on LGBT personnel in the military, which lasted until 2000. Stewart and Shephard received smaller impact payments but were denied larger ones, prompting their legal challenge.
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