Home Office v Coyne [2000] IRLR 838 CA
Reports relating to this case:
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Failure to deal with complaint not discriminatory
- Date:
- 1 December 2000
The Court of Appeal in Home Office v Coyne has overruled a finding that a prison instructor was discriminated against on grounds of sex when her employers failed to deal properly with her complaint of sexual harassment.
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Sex discrimination: Blaming victim of sexual harassment was not gender-based attitude
- Date:
- 1 September 2000
The fact that the sexual harassment of an employee was treated by her line manager as her fault could not be related to her sex as opposed to poor relationships with other members of staff, holds the Court of Appeal in Home Office v Coyne.