Law reports

Hounga v Allen and another [2012] IRLR 685 CA

In Hounga v Allen and another [2014] IRLR 811 SC, the Supreme Court held that the claimant's case for race discrimination could proceed.

Reports relating to this case:

Race discrimination: Public policy operated to prevent an au pair proceeding with a claim that was inextricably bound up with her own illegal conduct

Date:

6 November 2012

In Hounga v Allen and another [2012] IRLR 685 CA, the Court of Appeal held that an employee's illegal conduct that "formed a material part of her dismissal discrimination case" barred her from proceeding with the claim.
Au pair's discrimination claims barred for being inextricably linked with her own illegal conduct

Date:

24 May 2012

The Court of Appeal has held that an employee who worked in the UK knowing that she did not have permission to do so was unable to claim discrimination against her unlawful employers, given that her illegal actions formed a material part of her discrimination claims.

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