WASPI Legal Action

Different DJ, same broken record: the ‘new’ DWP decision to refuse WASPI women compensation

This is update number 21 which explains the immediate WASPI legal response to the announcement by Pat McFadden MP, Secretary of State for Works and Pensions. Head to the Crowd... Read more

The latest from Crowd-Justice – 23 January 2025

Now is the decisive moment for WASPI women and our MPs to take action Our latest update explains what you and your MP can do. Head over to our Crowd... Read more

Government agrees to WASPI’s Conditions to withdraw the Judicial Review

Government agrees to WASPI’s conditions for speedy and thorough reconsideration of the response to Ombudsman injustice findings and compensation proposals Leading campaigning organisation WASPI has been pursuing a judicial review... Read more

Instructions for permission to watch proceedings online – 1 December 2025

How to get permission to watch the proceedings online The Court has today at 14:36 (1 December 2025) made an order permitting members of the public to apply to the... Read more

The High Court Order – 1 December 2025

This is a copy of the official court order for the hearing on the 3rd December 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE AC-2025-LON-000811KING’S BENCH DIVISIONADMINISTRATIVE COURT BETWEEN THE KINGon... Read more

Legal Update – 1st December 2025

11th hour case management hearing on 3rd December The Court handling WASPI’s judicial review has arranged an 11th hour case management hearing on 3 December to consider the implications of... Read more

Legal Update – 11 November 2025

DWP concedes its indefensible response can no longer be defended - but what now? DWP concedes that its indefensible response to Ombudsman’s report on WASPI women can no longer be... Read more

Angela Madden, Chair of Women Against State Pension Inequality, said:

“For 10 years we have been fighting for compensation." “The Government has fought us tooth and nail every step of the way." “Today’s announcement is a major step forward. We... Read more

Campaign Update – 29 August 2025

We have a court date - and are about to get the Government's evidence. We have updated our page on the Crowd Justice page and all details can be read... Read more

Legal Update number 14

The 14th update on the Crowd Justice page summarises where WASPI are now and recognises that it has been 10 years that the WASPI campaign has been a recognisable entity.... Read more

Legal Update – 6 June 2025

Great News! It’s a landmark moment for the WASPI Campaign. The High Court has granted a judicial review into the reasons the Government decided not to pay compensation to WASPI... Read more

Our Crowdjustice fundraising continues – 30 May 2025

With the backing of our members and supporters WASPI pledged to challenge the Government’s decision not to compensate us for the maladministration by the DWP. By denying us opportunities to... Read more

Government responds to WASPI JR claim – 17 April 2025

The Government has now sent our lawyers its Acknowledgement of Service and Summary Grounds of Resistance documents – in other words, its first line of defence. The gist of their... Read more

Legal Update – 9 April 2025

We promised to keep you up to date on the legal challenge. Today, we expect our solicitors to be served with the Government’s ‘Notice of Acknowledgement of Service and Summary... Read more

Legal Update – 1 April 2025

Target met, thanks to you and here’s how we’re arguing our case We are delighted to have achieved our £180,000 stretch fundraising target for our ongoing judicial review case. The... Read more

Angela Madden interviewed by Lisa Azziz on LBC regarding WASPI’s Legal Challenge – 19 March 2025

Angela Madden talks to about commencing legal action and our legal challenge against the Government who refuse to pay compensation suggested by the Ombudsman. You can listen to the full... Read more

WASPI file papers with the Courts – March 2025

WASPI filed its claim against the Department of Work and Pensions with the courts on Friday 17 March 2025. The Court has already acknowledged receipt of our claim. We now... Read more

WASPI take legal action against the Department of Work and Pensions – 16 March 2025

Why are we taking legal action? The background to our case: In 1995 the Government decided to equalise the State Pension so that women would receive their State Pension at... Read more

Help us fight on for justice for WASPI women – 24 February 2025

Today there’s been a significant development in the WASPI Campaign, one we didn’t welcome, and didn’t imagine we’d be needing.  We shouldn’t be in the position we are in. We... Read more