The Hon’ble Supreme Court of United Kingdom in Hounga Vs Allen and
another had to decide as to whether the defence of illegality could defeat the claim the
complaint preferred by the Complainant. In the case on hand, one ‘X’, a
Nigerian national was brought in to United Kingdom by ‘Y’ on the pretext that
she would sent to school, however, she was made to do household work,
discriminated and sent out of the house by ‘Y’. ‘X’ filed complainant against
‘Y’ seeking damages for racial discrimination. ‘Y’ contented the contract
between ‘X’ and ‘Y’ is an illegal contract, therefore, the complaint is bad per se. The
Hon’ble Supreme Court held in favour of ‘X’ rejecting the contention of ‘Y’.
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