A surgeon has been told to pay just £20,000 of a legal bill of more than £350,000 run up by two hospitals.
The order was made against paediatric surgeon Shiban Ahmed, who had been taken to an employment tribunal by the University Hospital of North Staffordshire and Alder Hay Hospital, in Liverpool, in a bid to recover the costs.
Most of the £350,000 was built up as the trusts prepared to defend a case of discrimination he was bringing against them.
The consultant had made 101 allegations in two-and-a-half years, accusing managers of targeting him for his race, religion and beliefs and for blowing the whistle on standards.
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