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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Vinay Patel

London Solicitor to Pay £30K After Calling Indian Colleague 'Biryani' and Another 'Jabba the Hutt'

Benedict Foster, a London lawyer, faced a £31,000 fine for using racially charged and insulting nicknames for his BNP Paribas colleagues. (Credit: X / The Index of Gujarat @IndexofGujarat)

After admitting to assigning 'Pol Pot' and 'Jabba the Hutt' as inappropriate nicknames for colleagues, a City lawyer now faces a £31,000 fine from the solicitors' regulatory body.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority fined Benedict Foster, a former senior solicitor at BNP Paribas in London, £15,000 and ordered him to pay £16,000 in costs after he acknowledged using 'inappropriate' language in the workplace.

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