{"id":9853,"date":"2017-11-21T20:11:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T01:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=9853"},"modified":"2017-11-21T20:11:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T01:11:31","slug":"graduate-21-sues-oxford-1m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2017\/11\/21\/graduate-21-sues-oxford-1m\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate with 2:1 sues Oxford for \u00a31m"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Oxford graduate’s failure to get a top degree cost him a lucrative legal career, the High Court has heard.<\/p>\n

Faiz Siddiqui alleges “inadequate” teaching on his modern history course resulted in him getting a low upper second degree in June 2000.<\/p>\n

He blames staff being absent on sabbatical leave and is suing the university for \u00a31m.<\/p>\n

Oxford denies negligence and causation and says the case is “massively” outside the legal time limit.<\/p>\n

Mr Siddiqui also alleges medical information about him was not submitted to examiners by a tutor.<\/p>\n

The 39-year-old studied at Brasenose College and singled out the teaching on the Indian special subject part of his course for criticism.<\/p>\n

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Julian Milford, for Oxford University, told the court Mr Siddiqui described the teaching as “a little bit dull”<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

His counsel Roger Mallalieu told Mr Justice Foskett that Mr Siddiqui had been a “driven young man” aiming at a postgraduate qualification at an Ivy League university.<\/p>\n

He said: “Whilst a 2:1 degree from Oxford might rightly seem like a tremendous achievement to most, it fell significantly short of Mr Siddiqui’s expectations and was, to him, a huge disappointment.”<\/p>\n

Mr Mallalieu said his employment history in legal and tax roles was “frankly poor” and he was now unemployed, rather than having a career at the tax bar in England or a major US law firm.<\/p>\n

Mr Siddiqui also said his clinical depression and insomnia have been significantly exacerbated by his “inexplicable failure”.<\/p>\n

Julian Milford, for Oxford University, told the court Mr Siddiqui complained about insufficient resources, but had only described the teaching as “a little bit dull”.<\/p>\n

He added the student received exactly the same amount of teaching as he would have in any other year.<\/p>\n

The seven-day hearing is concerned only with liability – with damages to be assessed later if Mr Siddiqui succeeds.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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