Age discrimination: Public-sector pension changes discriminated against younger judges and firefighters

Lord Chancellor and another v McCloud and others; Ministry of Justice v Mostyn and others; Secretary of State for the Home Department and others v Sargeant and others [2019] IRLR 477 CA

direct age discrimination | public-sector pension schemes | justification

In Lord Chancellor and another v McCloud and others; Ministry of Justice v Mostyn and others; Secretary of State for the Home Department and others v Sargeant and others [2019] IRLR 477 CA, the Court of Appeal held that the Government's view that "it felt right" to protect older workers with transitional provisions when making changes to pensions for judges and firefighters was insufficient to defend direct age discrimination claims.