Bemused partnership advisers report a wave of what can only be described as mild panic circulating through law firms in the aftermath of the arrival of the new age discrimination laws last week. One specialist received a call from a senior partner asking if he could still be called senior partner under the new regime.
As Legal Week reported last Thursday (see story), several firms were still tweaking various bits of their governance after the rules had come into place. While few firms seem likely to go as far as Simmons & Simmons – where birthday celebrations must no longer contain references to age – Lovells, Ashurst and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer were all considering raising their retirement ages to 65.That’s progress for you.
