# AGE DISCRIMINATION CLAIM LETTER
Date: 19 May 2037
Parties: Robert Ellis and Meridian Digital Ltd
## 1. Purpose and parties
I am 58 and have worked for Meridian Digital Ltd since 2018. On 2 April 2037 I was told that I would not be considered for the technical-lead vacancy because the company wanted a younger image, although I met the published criteria and had led the relevant project.
## 2. Facts, scope and terms
The role was offered to a 31-year-old colleague without a recorded scoring process. A manager later said that clients prefer people who are more energetic. I say this may be direct age discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 and seek a fresh selection exercise, correction of records and compensation for loss and injury to feelings.
## 3. Process and responsibilities
Please preserve the vacancy advertisement, applications, interview notes, scoring documents and messages. I request a grievance response and am willing to participate in Acas Early Conciliation. I do not seek to prevent the successful colleague working and make no allegation about their conduct.
## 4. Evidence, records and safeguards
The parties should retain the relevant contract, notice, invoices, records and correspondence, and restrict access to personal or confidential information to those who need it. The stated amounts and dates are fictional worked-example facts and require checking against source records.
## 5. Review, escalation and outcome
If the issue is not resolved, the parties should identify the appropriate next step, which may include an internal process, mediation, court or regulator. Silence or part performance is not treated as acceptance or waiver.
## 6. Reservations and practical protections
This document is a general fictional example, not individual legal advice and not a guarantee of eligibility, liability or outcome. Where necessary, an independent professional should check the facts and current law.
## 7. England and Wales law and completion
This completed fictional sample is made on the date above under the law of England and Wales and subject to mandatory protections. It does not exclude any right, liability or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded.