London UOB Banker's Race Discrimination Claim Was `Mistaken'
- Daniel Smith wins partial victory against United Overseas Bank
- Judge describes lawsuit as a ‘murky factual situation’
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A former banker at United Overseas Bank Ltd. lost a racial discrimination claim at a London employment tribunal, but did get a partial victory as the judge said the lender unfairly dismissed him.
Daniel Smith, who worked at Singapore’s third-largest bank for 23 years, said in a lawsuit that he was denied a new job because he isn’t Asian. The ruling caps his recovery at around 84,000 pounds ($110,000) because he wasn’t able to prove discrimination.