Education

13 January 2017

Issue: 7729 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court

Siddiqui v University of Oxford [2016] EWHC 3150 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 57 (Dec)

The Queen’s Bench Division dismissed an application by the defendant, Oxford University, for summary judgment and/ or strike out of a claim by a former student for damages for negligent teaching, which he contented had resulted in him failing to get a higher class degree.

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Education

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Charles Russell Speechlys—Gustina Singgih

Church Court Chambers—Maria Karaiskos KC

Wright Hassall—five promotions