Seldon revisited

The Tribunal held that the retirement age is proportionate and therefore justified although it only gave a narrow range of retirement ages which could have achieved the necessary balance. The EAT rejected Mr Seldon’s argument that the firm’s aims could have been achieved by a retirement age of 66, that the age of 65 could not be justified as it had a greater discriminatory effect than 66 would have done. The EAT found however that the Tribunal had correctly analysed that the retirement age of 65 was reasonably necessary in all the circumstances of the case and the professional situation.

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