pension schemes. With regard to the UK state pension, there are no guaranteed entitlements.para 81 The Court agreed unanimously that the complaint under Article 14 of the Convention taken in conjunction with Article 8 inadmissible; they rejected unanimously the UK Government's preliminary objection concerning the admissibility of the complaints of the applicants, other than Carson herself; they agreed by eleven votes to six that there had been no violation of Article 14 of the Convention taken in conjunction with Article 1 of Protocol No. 1. The six dissenting judges published their joint opinion setting out their reasons for dissent.Joint dissenting opinion The UK Government prevailed; Carson and the other applicants lost their appeal and they had run out of courts to appeal to. References Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights International Labour Organization conventions Human rights 1998 in British law United Kingdom labour case law United Kingdom equality case law House of Lords cases 2002 in case law 2002 in British law 2003 in case law 2003 in British law 2005 in case law 2005 in British law 2008 in case law 2008 in British law 2010 in case law 2010 in British law Pensions in the United Kingdom Frozen state pension