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Black bankers lose UK race discrimination claim against Barclays

today14 March 2024

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Two of the bankers succeeded with a claim that Barclays had failed to make reasonable adjustments for their disabilities. (File pic)

LONDON: Three Black bankers, who sued Barclays for a combined £52.8 million (US$66.7 million) in London over allegations that included race discrimination, harassment, victimisation and whistleblower detriment, have largely lost their case.

In a near 460-page judgment, the East London Employment Tribunal dismissed the bulk of claims brought by Louis Samnick, a former vice-president, vice-president Christian Abanda Bella and Henry-Serge Moune Nkeng, an assistant vice-president.

The three men of Cameroonian background, who represented themselves in the lengthy case, had alleged they had been bullied, harassed and denied promotion and appropriate support, in part because of their race.

Samnick, a former vice-president in the bank’s credit risk model validation team, and Abanda Bella, a quantitative analyst, succeeded with a claim that Barclays had…

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