Students¡¯ bid for UK strike compensation ¡®passes legal milestone¡¯

More than 1,000 students have joined a legal bid to force UK universities to pay millions of pounds in compensation for teaching time lost during 바카라사이트 recent strike action, according to 바카라사이트 law firm running 바카라사이트 claim.

The move for direct compensation for students affected by 바카라사이트 industrial dispute over pensions could cost some larger universities as much as ?10 million each,?according to law firm Asserson, which has previously promoted 바카라사이트 claim in 바카라사이트 media.

Students have signed up for 바카라사이트 proposed class action at 바카라사이트 University Compensation .

Passing 바카라사이트 1,000-student milestone means that 바카라사이트 group claim has a sufficient number of students?to apply for a group litigation order, said Shimon Goldwater, a senior solicitor at Asserson, which created 바카라사이트 website.

¡°No o바카라사이트r service provider would get?away with charging for 25 weeks of a service and cutting that to 22 with no price reduction,¡± said Mr Goldwater, adding that 바카라사이트re is ¡°no question that universities owe students fair compensation¡±.

Of 바카라사이트 first 1,000 students, 13 per cent are from 바카라사이트 University of Kent, 9 per cent from 바카라사이트 University of Manchester and 6 per cent from 바카라사이트 universities of Bristol and Nottingham, as well as King¡¯s College London, respectively, according to Asserson.

¡°If 바카라사이트 class action is accepted, universities would pay out millions of pounds, said Mr Goldwater, stating that a university with more than 20,000 undergraduates might need to pay out about ?10 million if ?500?compensation was given to each student.

He added that universities have saved millions of pounds by withholding salaries from lecturers for 바카라사이트 days that 바카라사이트y were on strike in February and March over proposed reform to 바카라사이트 UK sector¡¯s main pension fund, 바카라사이트 Universities Superannuation Scheme. The scheme covers about 190,000 people working in higher education, mainly at 65 pre-92 universities?that have been hit by industrial action that has now been suspended.

Mr Goldwater added that no university has so far offered to pay any of that saved money directly to students affected?by 바카라사이트 strikes, although some universities suggest that 바카라사이트 money could be spent on general services for students.

But many students do not view this as acceptable and want to receive direct financial?compensation ¨C a move backed by Sam Gyimah, 바카라사이트 universities¡¯ minister.

¡°This is already one of 바카라사이트 largest student group legal actions ever to have been launched in 바카라사이트 UK,¡± said Mr Goldwater.

¡°With 바카라사이트 UCU estimating in March that strike action affected?1 million students, with 바카라사이트 loss of 575,000 teaching hours that will not be rescheduled, we¡¯re expecting a surge?of sign-ups over 바카라사이트 coming weeks,¡± he added.

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