A decision to dismiss a 49 year old three months before his 50th birthday in order to avoid additional pension costs was direct age discrimination.

The Pension Ombudsman rules that tapering of a lump sum payment under the Civil Service Compensation Scheme was in breach of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006.

In this case, the British Gurkha Welfare Society (“BGWS”) sought to challenge the pension arrangements put in place for Gurkhas following a government review in December 2006.

A former Council employee is successful in possibly the highest value age discrimination claim to date

This is a decision of the Scottish Division of the EAT concerning the construction of Regulation 24 of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006.

German survivor's pension claim rejected

A tribunal has ruled that a law firm did not unlawfully discriminate on age grounds when it reformed its partner pension scheme - even though the extent of partners’ losses depended on their age.

The EU directive covering age discrimination cannot be relied on to challenge a domestic law where the act complained of pre-dated the deadline for implementing the directive and the measure attacked was not introduced to implement an EU law.