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The civil trial against Dr Avinash Sawh, the doctor who was suspended in 2023 for making racially insensitive remarks two years earlier, filed by his former employee, has started in the High Court.

Justice Christopher Sieuchand is presiding over the claim filed by Chantelle Figaro against Sawh, his wife Allison Dass-Sawh, and Sawh’s Medical Associates. The trial began on January 13, and continues the following day.

Figaro has sued for constructive dismissal, assault and battery, breach of contract and related damages arising out of her employment at Sawh’s Medical Associates between October 2019 and October 2020.