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Graduate mounts legal challenges of degree
- 24th September 2010
A university student is challenging his degree result in the High Court claiming he should have received better tuition, in one of the first such cases.
Andrew Croskery, of County Down, Northern Ireland, has launched a judicial review in an attempt to overturn his 2:2 degree in electrical engineering which he was awarded by Queen’s University, Belfast.
His barrister alleges he was denied the right to appeal to the university because he had already graduated and the decision was not in accordance with Croskery’s human rights. He claims he would have obtained a 2:1 with better supervision and his job prospects are now in jeopardy.
The university’s barrister, Nicolas Hanna QC, argued that the judicial review application should be dismissed as the court was not the proper forum for the challenge, saying: “The jurisdictional issue is so clear that it is unarguable and therefore, I submit, leave should be refused.”
The judge’s decision as to whether the legal challenge can go ahead is expected next month.
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