 However, Justice Burnton had stated that Article 1 did not operate so as to bar Carson's claim.The UK Government stated that it would cost at least a £100 million to uprate the state pension universally, that this would have to come out of general taxation, and would deprive pensioners living in the UK from future increases because there would be no funds available which the court accepted.However, Carson contended that "cost should not constitute a legitimate justification".