Exceptional circumstance for late university filing

ACOM/107/1997Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberJul 4, 1997Granted

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Omnilex summary

The university appeal body held that the family events invoked by an Algerian student constituted an exceptional situation within the meaning of RU.22 para. 2. Because those events personally affected him and seriously disrupted the calm pursuit of his university studies, relief from the deadline was justified.

Omnilex headnote

RU.22 al. 2; exceptional circumstance and procedural time limit in university matters: family events may qualify as an exceptional situation when they affect the student personally and seriously disturb the orderly pursuit of university studies. The assessment is discretionary but must be exercised in light of the concrete impact of the events on the applicant; where such impact is established, relief from the deadline is granted.

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Descripteurs

UNIVERSITE; POUVOIR D'APPRECIATION; ETUDIANT; CIRCONSTANCE EXTRAORDINAIRE; DELAI; CRUNI

Normes

RU.22 al.2

Résumé

Constitue une situation exceptionnelle la situation d'un étudiant algérien dont les événements familiaux invoqués étaient de nature à le toucher personnellement, perturbant gravement la conduite sereine de ses études universitaires.

Keywords

universityexceptional circumstancedeadlinestudentfamily eventsdiscretion

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether the student's family circumstances constituted an exceptional situation justifying relief from the filing deadline under RU.22 para. 2.

Extracted holding

Yes. The family events invoked were personally affecting and seriously disrupted the student's ability to pursue his university studies calmly.

Extracted reasoning

The authority considered the concrete family events to be sufficiently exceptional because they had a direct personal impact on the student and materially disturbed the normal conduct of his studies.

Exceptional circumstance for late university filingAI generated