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No race discrimination against African job applicant who submitted fake application with British name

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    Kpakio v Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd ET/1604280/2012 (0 other reports)

Kpakio v Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd ET/1604280/2012

race discrimination | nationality and ethnic origin | fake job application

In this well-publicised race discrimination case, a job applicant engineered a tribunal claim by submitting two applications for a job with Virgin Atlantic: the first using his real African name and stating that he is a black African; the second using a fake British-sounding name and stating his ethnicity as white British.