Beware impact on personal injury and employment claims with proposed scrapping of retirement age

摘要

Arecent judgment handed down by the Court of Appeal in Seldom v. Clarkson Wright and James stated that a solicitors' partnership clause forcing retirement at a certain age was lawful under the Employment Equality (Age) Act Regulations 2006.rnHowever, this was only if it was consistent with the social and employment objectives of those Regulations and a proportionate means to achieving those legitimate aims.