When Felix Dennis wrote his book How to Get Rich, little did he know that one of his own employees would use its contents to successfully contest his redundancy.

If the Co-op group's experience is anything to go by, plenty of us will choose to keep on working beyond the age of 65. Among its workforce of 85,000, nearly 3,000 are over 60 - and just over 1,200 are over 65.

The solicitor who acted for Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer in their fight against a £4.5 million age discrimination claim.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has won its high-profile age discrimination battle against former partner Peter Bloxham, it was announced Wednesday. Freshfields was represented by Lewis Silkin employment head Michael Burd.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has been found to have been proportionate in its controversial pension reforms that sparked a £4.5m age claim by former partner Peter Bloxham. Freshfields was advised on the case by Michael Burd, head of employment at Lewis

With age joining the multitude of discrimination laws, firms should strive to put in place fair and effective dismissal procedures or risk having their dirty washing aired in public, say Clive Greenwood and Fergus Payne.

The government's national minimum wage is "ridiculous" and flouts age discrimination laws, according to one employment lawyer. Carolyn Soakell said she had no idea how the government could justify the minimum wage in the face of age laws.