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Oxford grad sues university for £2m: Claims bad teaching ruined his chances of becoming high-flying lawyer

Here's an idea we should try in India: Sue your law school for sub-standard teaching :-)
Here's an idea we should try in India: Sue your law school for sub-standard teaching :-)

According to a report in The Guardian, 2000 Oxford University modern history graduate Faiz Siddiqui has filed a £1m claim in a UK court against his alma mater, alleging that the “appallingly bad” and “boring” instruction meant that he did not obtain a first (the highest possible grade) but only a 2:1 (the next highest grade) in college and therefore lost out on becoming a successful international commercial lawyer.

To be fair, the university reportedly admitted in its response to Siddiqui’s petition that he had been unlucky, with a number of his professors off on sabbatical, but also noted that it was too late now, after 16 years, to make the claim.

Siddiqui, who is now 38 and had trained as a solicitor, “said he underachieved in a course on Indian imperial history during his degree because of ‘negligent’ teaching which pulled down his overall grade”, according to the Guardian.

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