In Standard Life Bank Ltd v Wilson UKEATS/0017/07 the Scottish division of the EAT upheld the employer's appeal against a tribunal decision that regulation 24(3) of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 rendered acts of age discrimination unlawful, which, at the time they were committed, were lawful because the relevant regulations had not yet come into force.

The EAT held that that the tribunal had misconstrued regulation 24(3). Regulation 24 is intended to cover post-termination discrimination, not discrimination during employment that occurred prior to the legislation coming into effect.