S3XUAL HARASSMENT CASE AGAINST FIRST ATLANTIC BANK EXECUTIVE GOES TO COURT TODAY

First Atlantic Bank was named as the 2nd defendant in the writ that was issued by the High Court.

In an application dated January 24, First Atlantic Bank requested that seven paragraphs of the writ be dismissed “on the ground that they disclose no reasonable cause of action against the applicant”.

Paragraphs 7,8,9,10,11,31,32,33,34,36 and 37 which were requested to be excluded comprise portions of the writ that accuse the bank of watching on for female workers being harassed sexually by senior male officers of the bank.