A JUDICIAL review into a long standing accreditation row between the Mandeville-based Liberal Arts College of Jamaica (LACJ) and the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ) has been set for April, the arts college said Wednesday.
The college filed an application for judicial review of the UCJ's decision following its failure last Tuesday to get an order from the Supreme Court to stop the Council from withdrawing accreditation of two programmes on December 31, 2003. The UCJ has since withdrawn accreditation.
Attorney-at-law Leighton Miller, who represented the college, argued that the terms and conditions were unreasonable and irrelevant and urged the judge to grant the injunction.
TECHNICAL GROUND
The college said in a statement Wednesday the two applications for an injunction were dismissed on "a narrow technical ground" by Justice Brooks on October 23 and Justice Courtney Daye on December 23.
However, Justice Brooks "ruled that the dispute between parties seemed more to be a matter of public law (requiring judicial review) rather than a matter of private law (which negligence is)," the college said in a press release.
