The EAT has confirmed that applying a cap to payments under a redundancy scheme to ensure that employees close to pension age do not receive a windfall can be justified as a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.

The Employment Tribunal rules that a retirement age of 48 for match officials is direct age discrimination.

The ECJ has given their judgement on a German law setting a maximum age limit of 68 for dentists to be accredited to work in the German national health service.

The High Court has today given judgment on R (on the application of Age UK) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills [2009] EWHC 2336 (Admin) – known as the “Heyday” case.

A Scottish employment tribunal has considered the level of compensation to be awarded when an employer does not give notice of intended retirement to an employee within the required timescales.

ECJ confirms that mandatory retirement is not unlawful.

The EAT rejects a law firm's claim that it is legitimate to retire partners at 65 as their performance declines at about that age.

Following the Court of Appeal’s decision in the case of Johns v Solent all tribunal claims challenging a compulsory retirement will be stayed pending the outcome of the ‘Heyday’ case

The European Court of Justice has decided that national laws on compulsory retirement at a particular age must be justified in order to be lawful.

The Advocate General has given an opinion stating that the compulsory retirement age of 65 in the Age Discrimination Regulations is potentially legal under EU law.

The old statutory retirement procedure which, if correctly followed, would protect an employer from unfair dismissal and/or age discrimination claims, only applies to employees.

An employee dismissed one day before his 65th birthday succeeded in his age discrimination claim.

Cleaner in a Dentist's is successful in her age discrimination claim