By Steve Slater
LONDON, Sept 14 (IFR) - A former Barclays foreign exchangetrader is suing the British bank for unfair dismissal at aLondon employment tribunal, after several successful claims bytraders fired by rival banks.
Mark Clark is claiming he was unfairly dismissed by Barclaysand his claim will be heard at the East London employmenttribunal on September 27, according to court documents releasedon Wednesday. The hearing is scheduled to last at least fourdays.
Clark worked at Barclays from October 2010 until May 2015,according to the Financial Conduct Authority's register ofapproved persons. His LinkedIn account said he worked atBarclays as a foreign exchange trader until November 2013.
He was one of several FX traders fired after Barclays wasfined US$2.4bn by US and British authorities in May 2015, peoplefamiliar with the matter said. The bank fired eight employees aspart of the settlement, the New York Department of FinancialServices (NYDFS) said at the time.
Clark previously worked at Citigroup from July 1987 toOctober 2010, including as an FX trader for the latter 15 years,his LinkedIn account said.
He did not immediately respond to a request to comment viaLinkedIn. Barclays declined to comment.
Several former traders in London have claimed or areclaiming they were unfairly dismissed after banks rushed toappease regulators after being fined billions of dollars forrigging FX and interest rates.
Former Barclays FX trader Chris Ashton sued the bank at thesame London tribunal in July.
Citigroup last year lost two of the first unfair dismissalclaims heard at the tribunal, from former FX traders CarlyMcWilliams and Perry Stimpson. (Reporting by Steve Slater)