Our data protection and privacy team are representing a number of claimants in claims for compensation against various NHS Trusts following their breaches of data protection legislation . What happened? In the last month or so, we have received a...
A breach of contact occurs when one or more party does not honour an agreement that was believed to be legally binding, usually in the form of a contract decide upon before the start of university between the university itself and the student. The university will have its own regulations and guidelines as to what this contract will be and this will be used to determine the future relationship between themselves and the student.
Then most come across situation where a breach of contract may occur is when a student has become involved in an Academic Misconduct procedure. Some of the time the student cannot continue their course until the procedure is complete or leave the university until the final decision. In some of these cases it has become visible that the university is delaying the process unfairly which has ended up damaging the students education – in this case the student can pursue a Breach of Contract. Another situation that is common is if the university has misread transcripts or mishandled mitigation.
