Ruling summary: default retirement age abolition in doubt

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The Supreme Court has ruled employers may have powers to forcibly retire staff at 65 - putting in doubt the abolition of the default retirement age.

The court ruling, handed down last week, dismissed an appeal from a partner at a law firm who was forced to retire at age 65, saying the firm was right in its use of age discrimination to remove th...

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