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Judge expresses surprise that row over schoolboys purported expulsion has not gone to mediation

Summary

In a High Court hearing on 15 November 2018, Mr Justice Seamus Noonan expressed surprise that a dispute over the alleged expulsion of two schoolboys had not been referred to mediation. The boys, who were in their Leaving Cert year, had posted videos on social media showing a classmate snorting a white powder during a lesson. The school, after being alerted by one of the boys' mothers, had suspended the students pending a board decision scheduled for 23 November. Counsel for the board argued the students should be expelled, citing the Education Act, while the students' lawyers claimed the process was unfair and that the school had misled them about the consequences of their statements. Mr Justice Noonan set a hearing for the students' application to be readmitted, to take place next Tuesday, pending the full hearing. The students seek to quash the expulsion decision and to be readmitted to the school.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Judge expresses surprise that row over schoolboys purported expulsion has not gone to mediation. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

When:

• November 23rd Other
• 2018-11-15 Publication

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Stage Hearing Or Decision

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