Galliano loses Dior unfair dismissal case

PARIS : British designer John Galliano - sacked three years ago by fashion house Dior over a drunken anti-Semitic rant in a Paris bar - has lost his case for unfair dismissal, lawyers for both parties said on Tuesday. A Paris labour court rejected his claim and ordered him to pay a symbolic one euro each to Dior and the John Galliano label which was also named in the action. Both are part of the same group. Galliano’s lawyer Chantal Giraud-van Gaver told AFP she was very disappointed by Tuesday’s ruling, adding that she would be recommending that her client appeal the decision. She had earlier said the claim was for between 2.4 million euros and 13 million euros, depending on how the court chose to classify the dismissal. Until his spectacular downfall, Galliano, 54, had spent nearly 15 years at Dior and is still regarded as one of the most brilliant designers of his generation.

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