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A solicitor who was forced to retire at 65 will bring a test appeal today in the first legal challenge of its kind.
Leslie Seldon, 68, of Bidborough, Kent, had to retire after 35 years as civil litigator at Clarkson Wright and Jakes in Orpington in line with his partnership agreement.
After losing at a tribunal he will tell the Court of Appeal compulsory retirement discriminates against able people on grounds of age. He is backed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission and is opposed by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills.
Reader views (2)
If he was an employee he might have a case but surely as somebody voluntarily signed a partnership agreement, which as it turns out to be effectively a fixed term contract, he shouldn't have a leg to stand on! He signed a piece of paper saying that he would step down at 65. If he didn't like that he shouldn't have signed.
- Mark, South-East London
So this summer's blockbuster is "quango EHR" v "gov. dept. BIS"? Can't wait for the sequel. Will it be "Terminator 5" or "Alien v Predator 3"?
- Bloke, London
