John Wooster was dismissed from his job as a senior consultation officer in the housing department of Tower Hamlets in December 2006. This was seven months before his 50th birthday.
As a result, he had to wait until he was 65 to claim his pension. However, if he had remained in employment until after his 50th birthday, he could have claimed the pension almost immediately.
An employment tribunal found the council had unfairly dismissed Mr Wooster, who had worked for Tower Hamlets for 33 years, and discriminated against him because of his age.
Tower Hamlet failed in its appeal against the age discrimination ruling.
See the report in the London Evening Standard.
