A recent High Court judgment in the case of Chikiwa v St George’s College brought to the fore the issue of children’s rights viz-a-viz educational institutions’ right to receive school fees.
Educational contracts were seriously scrutinised in this detailed judgment, whose cause of action was heard on an urgent basis.
The young student and his parent were unfortunate as the court ruled against them and it is this ruling that this week’s contribution seeks to place under the microscope.
The facts of the matter were largely common cause. The student was due to write his Cambridge ‘A’ level examinations in November 2020.
On August 28, 2020 and in the morning, his father received an invoice from the school for him to pay Cambridge examination fees by noon of the same day.
As a responsible parent he proceeded to the school’s offices to make the payments. Unfortunately, the school refused to accept the examination fees because part of the school fees was still outst
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