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Reminder of the role of the EAT in the context of justifying a fixed retirement age

The recent EAT case of Pitcher v Chancellor Masters And Scholars Of The University of Oxford (EA-2019-000638-RN; EA-2020-000128-RN) provides interesting commentary on two important issues for employment lawyers:   The extent to which the EAT will interfere with first instance decisions.  The law on justification for direct age discrimination. The appeal involved two linked cases both … Continue reading Reminder of the role of the EAT in the context of justifying a fixed retirement age