Emile Ratelband has lost his case to legally change his age from 69 to 49
Emile Ratelband - the Dutch 69-year-old who wanted to be legally recognised as being 49 years old - has lost his case.
A few weeks ago we reported this story. There has now been a judgment.
The court rejected Mr Ratelband’s case. It was not convinced by Mr Ratelband’s arguments that it should create new case law. To do so would render meaningless all legal rights and duties which depend upon someone’s age. The court said that Mr Ratelband had failed to sufficiently substantiate his claim of age discrimination.