Students have been given the green light to sue their universities for pandemic-related disruption after the High Court ruled in their favour.
Almost 5,000 current and former students can now launch legal action against University College London (UCL) for breach of contract during the Covid crisis if the dispute is not settled out of court by four months’ time.
It could pave the way for a flurry of lawsuits against British universities, with the UCL suit acting as a test case for almost 120,000 students who want to sue their institutions for disrupted learning.
The Student Group Claim is being run by law firms Harcus Parker and Asserson who are representing students on a no win no fee basis.
Those from Britain are seeking compensation of around £5,000 for what they consider to be substandard teaching on their £9,250-a-year degrees.
Meanwhile, international students taking part, many of whom paid up to £40,000 a year for the prestige of enrolling at a world-class British university, could be in line for several times that.
