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High Court refuses judicial review of a school's disciplinary process, arising from an allegation that a student had been in possession of an illegal drug on school premises and supplied drugs to another student, on the grounds that: (a) the student had failed to exhaust alternative remedies, in that there was a statutory appeal available from a decision to expel; (b) the judicial review was premature, in that the disciplinary process had not been completed; (c) the student had failed to discharge the onus of proving that there were deficiencies in the disciplinary process; and (d) a complaint that the school principal was not entitled to make findings of fact in a recommendation to the board of management to expel a student was unfounded, in that such a recommendation could not be made without factual reasons.
Judicial review - reporting restrictions - disciplinary process - alleged possession of cannabis on school premises - supply of drug to other student - denial by student of possession on school premises or supply to other student - school's code of behaviour - section 23 of the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 - investigation - recommendation by principal to board of management - whether principal carried out functions in breach of requirements of code of behaviour - whether principal entitled to make findings of fact - whether student given an opportunity to challenge evidence - witnesses - whether expulsion was mandatory under code of behaviour - alternative remedy.
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