Have older people in private nursing homes received a fair deal from the State?
The Ombudsman yesterday published Who Cares? An Investigation into the Right to Nursing Home Care in Ireland. The gist of the Report is that the State is failing in its legal obligations to older Continue Reading
Bentham and judicial retirement
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) (left) was a utilitarian philosopher, whose radical ideas on education inspired those who founded University College London. Nowadays, the Bentham Association (formerly the Continue Reading
Mandatory retirement, again
In my last post, I mentioned that the question of the compatibility of mandatory retirement ages with EU law was pending before the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The Court has now handed down its Continue Reading
Is compulsory judicial retirement constitutional? or judicious?
The issue of compulsory retirement is not an uncommon one, but it arises today in an uncommon context. From today's Times Online, Judges take on Ministry of Justice over age discrimination Two Continue Reading
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