The dubious second Employment Control Framework is revised
In March, I blogged about the dubious legality of the second Employment Control Framework, which the outgoing government had introduced to control employment in the third level sector. It was Continue Reading
Abramova and Croskery – updates
Burnett J's judgment in Abramova v Oxford Institute of Legal Practice EWHC 613 (QB) (18 March 2011) - about which I blogged last week - is now available on BAILII. The Oxford Institute for Legal Continue Reading
Abramova: judicial deference and the litigious student
After Andrew Croskery and Tony Chinedu Wogu comes Maria Abramova (Above the Law | BBC | Cherwell | Legal Week | Mirror | Oxford Mail | Oxford Times | The Lawyer | PA). In Abramova v Oxford Institute Continue Reading
The dubious legality of the second Employment Control Framework
On 26 March 2009, the Minister for Finance confirmed that the Government had decided to implement a moratorium on public service recruitment, precluding recruitment, promotion, renewal of fixed-term Continue Reading
Is a lost First worth £5m?
After Andrew Croskery comes Tony Chinedu Wogu. According to the Daily Telegraph and The Register, Tony Chinedu Wogu has failed in his bid to sue the University of Bradford for £5m compensation, Continue Reading
Academic tenure in the Universities Act, 1997
Tenure: the very word connotes safety, security, and a sense that you have made it in academia. But is the system really all it is cracked up to be, or is it lumbering into the world of 21st Continue Reading
Re Croskery [2010] NIQB 129
On this blog last year, I discussed the circumstances in which a university student could challenge a grade in court. Just before Christmas, the Northern Ireland High Court handed down a very Continue Reading
Leave is refused in QUB graduate’s judicial review of his degree result
It's being reported that Andrew Croskery has failed in his bid to review the 2:2 engineering degree he was awarded by Queen's University Belfast. According to the BBC: Judge rules no judicial Continue Reading
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