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Reuters
Reuters
World
By Sam Tobin

UK students seek go-ahead for lawsuit over COVID, strikes disruption

FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen on one of the main campus buildings of University College London (UCL), part of the University of London, Britain, April 24, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Thousands of university students asked London's High Court on Wednesday to give the go-ahead to a mass lawsuit against University College London (UCL) over disruption to their studies caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and strikes.

More than 3,000 current and former students – who paid at least 9,250 pounds ($11,482) a year – are suing UCL for breach of contract, in a case which could be followed by similar litigation against other British universities.

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