The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that an employee’s allegation that his former employer had engineered the rejection of his job application by a connected company, because he had brought discrimination proceedings while in employment, potentially fell within Equality Act 2010 provisions which make it unlawful to aid
discrimination. 
 
However, the claim was precluded by the terms of a COT3 settlement agreement, which covered claims arising indirectly out of employment.