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19 October 2010

"I Want An Upgrade" - Can Students Challenge Their Degree Class In Court?

Richard Langley, head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution, commented recently in an article in Times Higher Education on a legal challenge by Andrew Croskery to the 2:2 degree awarded to him by Queen's University Belfast, claiming that if he had received adequate supervision he would have achieved a 2:1.
United Kingdom Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration

Richard Langley, head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution, commented recently in an article in Times Higher Education on a legal challenge by Andrew Croskery to the 2:2 degree awarded to him by Queen's University Belfast, claiming that if he had received adequate supervision he would have achieved a 2:1. In Richard's view Mr Croskery would have an "uphill struggle" to prove that the University had acted irrationally in not increasing his grade.

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