Dh1m for chef paid only Dh65 a day

Tribunal in London hears Sheikha Fawaghi bin Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi paid her chef Dh66 a day to work "dawn until dusk".

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LONDON // The wife of a former Crown Prince of Ras al Khaimah has been ordered to pay almost £170,000 (Dh1.04 million) in compensation to a chef who was paid only £11 (Dh66) a day while working at her London home.

Sheikha Fawaghi bin Saqr bin Sultan al Qasimi did not attend the London tribunal.

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