Ryanair unlawfully blocked a pilot who alleged race discrimination from joining its program for promotion to captain, a partially successful case brought against the airline has revealed.
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Ryanair Blocked Pilot Who Sued From Promotion Track

By Adele Redmond

Ryanair unlawfully blocked a pilot who alleged race discrimination from joining its program for promotion to captain, a partially successful case brought against the airline has revealed.

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SRA Refers 2 Solicitors To Tribunal In Post Office Scandal

By Ashish Sareen

The solicitors' watchdog said Thursday that it has referred two lawyers to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal over alleged misconduct concerning the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, in which accounting system flaws led to the wrongful convictions of hundreds of sub-postmasters.

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Property Developer Must Pay Exec £43K After Poaching Row

By Max Austin

A property developer must pay £42,873 ($56,500) to a former director it forced to resign by withholding his wages for months before exaggerating claims that he tried to divert development opportunities from the business, an employment tribunal has ruled. 

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POLICY & REGULATION

Pensions Watchdog Pushes Trustees To Ready For New Rules

By Martin Croucher

The Pensions Regulator said Thursday that managers of workplace retirement savings plans should assess now whether they can comply with new measures due to be introduced in 2026.

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EU Council Backs Bloc-Wide Pension Product Reforms

By Joel Poultney

The Council of the European Union has finalized its position on reforms designed to make the pan-European personal pension more accessible for savers and remove provisions that have affected wider adoption of the product since it was launched in 2019.

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Pensions Watchdog Urged To Simplify Funding Reporting

By Martin Croucher

The U.K. pensions regulator should consider simplifying the reporting requirements for retirement funds, a trade body has said.

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DEALS

Eversheds Steers £35M Pension Deal For UK Architect Body

By Tom Fish

The Royal Institute of British Architects has completed a retirement savings plan's buy-in worth £35 million ($46 million) with Pension Insurance Corp. PLC to secure the retirement benefits of 168 members, PIC said Thursday.

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Fieldfisher, Burges Salmon Steer 'Landmark' Pension Deal

By Joel Poultney

James Neill Pension Plan has penned a "landmark" capital-backed investment deal with Portunes Pension Capital, marking only the second such transaction in Britain's retirement savings market, legal advisers on the deal have said.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

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Addleshaw Goddard

Burges Salmon

Carey Olsen

Eversheds Sutherland

Fieldfisher

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

European Fund and Asset Management Association

Ryanair Holdings PLC

Schroders PLC

Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

European Commission

European Parliament

European Union

UK Pensions Regulator