Hearings
England & Wales
01 Apr 1985 [1985] AC 761; [1985] 2 WLR 703; [1985] 2 All ER 233, HL(E)
Orphanos v Queen Mary College
Subject Matter
DISCRIMINATION, RACE — Racial group — Non-EEC nationals — College charging higher fees for non-residents of EEC for reasons of economy — Whether policy “justifiable irrespective of … national origins” — Whether student able to recover overpayment of fees — Race Relations Act 1976, ss 1(1)(b), 17, 57(3), 72
[1985] AC 761; [1985] 2 WLR 703
EDUCATION — Students' fees — Overseas students — Cypriot resident in England for education purposes only — Acceptance by college as overseas student not “ordinarily resident” in EEC — Subsequent court ruling that “ordinarily resident” includes residence for education purposes only — Whether student entitled to rebate of difference between overseas students' rate paid and home students' rate