Race claims against the British Medical Association are withdrawn
While denying liability, the BMA has agreed to make payments totalling in aggregate £130,000 for all five doctors.
The Secretary of the BMA, Mr Jeremy Strachan, made the following comment: "Although the BMA was advised that we had good defences in all of these cases, we welcome the opportunity to draw a line under them in view of the potential adverse publicity, costs and uncertainty that inevitably characterise litigation of this kind."
He added: "We believe that this settlement is in the interests of all our members and will allow us to focus on demonstrating the BMA's commitment to equal opportunities for all doctors."
All parties have to pay their own legal costs.
The names of the five applicants are as follows: Vanlila Bera, Fahtima Farook, Kumar Ghosh, Vijay Jadhav and Shridhar Vasudeo Vaidya.
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Rasa creanþele de la British Medical Association sunt retrase - Race claims against the British Medical Association are withdrawn - articole medicale engleza - startsanatate