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Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority / ILEX:
Listen and pass the quiz: Gain 1 CPD point (60 minutes)
Listen only, gain ½ a CPD point (30 minutes)

Regulated by the Bar Standards Board:
Listen and pass the quiz: Gain ½ an accredited CPD point (30 minutes)
Listen only, gain ½ a CPD point (30 minutes)

Cost:
Standard rate: £25+VAT - Corporate users will pay less.
Length:
30 minutes of audio
(+ optional 5 minute online quiz)
Plays on Computer:
Yes Downloadable as MP3:    Yes
Contributor(s):
Course Aims:

This podcast is aimed at practitioners in employment and partnership law or those with an interest in the area. It provides a case update and discussion of the grounds of justification of compulsory retirement raised in the case.

Outcomes:
After completing the course you will:
  • Understand the facts of Seldon v Clarkson;
  • Understand the legal issues raised in the case;
  • Have learnt the outcome of the arguments raised by both sides at the tribunal;
  • Understand the case's potential impact on the area of compulsory retirement.
Level:
Intermediate Difficulty: of 5
Classification:
Case Update
Legal Principles
Sources and References:
  • Seldon v Clarkson, Wright & Jakes (ET/1100275/2007 );
  • The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006;
  • Palacios de la Villa v Cortefiel Servicios (C-411/05), ECJ Heyday Case – R (on the application of Incorporated Trustees of the National Council on Aging) v The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry [2006] EWHC 5485;
  • Rutherford & Another v Secretary of State for Trade & Industry [2004] EWCA Civ 1186;
  • R (on the application of Elias) v Secretary of State for Defence [2006] EWCA Civ 1293;
  • R (on the application of Begum (by her litigation friend, Rahman)) v Headteacher & Governors of Denbigh High School [2006] UKHL 15;
  • R v Robb (1991) 93 Cr App R 161;
  • Hampton v Lord Chancellor & Ministry of Justice [2008] IRLR 258.

In this podcast we interview Richard O'Dair on the issues raised by the recent case, Seldon v Clarkson Wright and Jakes. This was a case involving a dispute about the compulsory retirement of a partner at a law firm at age 65. Richard discusses the grounds on which the respondents claimed the compulsory retirement was justified and the case's potential impact on the area of compulsory retirement in general.

Podcast Added: 17/06/2008

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