Woodcock v Cumbria Primary Care Trust [2012] IRLR 491 CA

Age discrimination: Decision on age grounds to issue dismissal notice to redundant employee prior to formal consultation was justified

Date:

26 September 2012

In Woodcock v Cumbria Primary Care Trust [2012] IRLR 491 CA, the Court of Appeal held that the employer was justified in issuing a redundancy dismissal notice to an employee prior to formal consultation so as to avoid his remaining in its employment until his 50th birthday.