An Oxford graduate’s failure to get a top degree cost him a lucrative legal career, the High Court has heard.<\/p>\n
Faiz Siddiqui alleges “inadequate” teaching on his modern history course resulted in him getting a low upper second degree in June 2000.<\/p>\n
He blames staff being absent on sabbatical leave and is suing the university for \u00a31m.<\/p>\n
Oxford denies negligence and causation and says the case is “massively” outside the legal time limit.<\/p>\n
Mr Siddiqui also alleges medical information about him was not submitted to examiners by a tutor.<\/p>\n
The 39-year-old studied at Brasenose College and singled out the teaching on the Indian special subject part of his course for criticism.<\/p>\n
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Julian Milford, for Oxford University, told the court Mr Siddiqui described the teaching as “a little bit dull”<\/p>\n
His counsel Roger Mallalieu told Mr Justice Foskett that Mr Siddiqui had been a “driven young man” aiming at a postgraduate qualification at an Ivy League university.<\/p>\n
He said: “Whilst a 2:1 degree from Oxford might rightly seem like a tremendous achievement to most, it fell significantly short of Mr Siddiqui’s expectations and was, to him, a huge disappointment.”<\/p>\n
Mr Mallalieu said his employment history in legal and tax roles was “frankly poor” and he was now unemployed, rather than having a career at the tax bar in England or a major US law firm.<\/p>\n
Mr Siddiqui also said his clinical depression and insomnia have been significantly exacerbated by his “inexplicable failure”.<\/p>\n
Julian Milford, for Oxford University, told the court Mr Siddiqui complained about insufficient resources, but had only described the teaching as “a little bit dull”.<\/p>\n
He added the student received exactly the same amount of teaching as he would have in any other year.<\/p>\n
The seven-day hearing is concerned only with liability – with damages to be assessed later if Mr Siddiqui succeeds.<\/p>\n
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