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Am i entitled to refund on school trip

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  • halibut2209
    halibut2209 Posts: 4,250 Forumite
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    Yes it is. The contract is with the school. What the school does with the money paid by the OP is irrelevant.
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  • Forwandert
    Forwandert Posts: 1,211 Forumite
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    I wouldn't even be requesting a refund on the holiday if any of my children had behaved to such an extent as to be banned from a school holiday. Their pocket money would be covering the cost however long it took.
  • mynameistallulah
    mynameistallulah Posts: 2,238 Forumite
    halibut2209 wrote: »
    The SCHOOL has decided not to take the child on what can only be considered an arbitrary issue.

    Or is the converse true - that the child by their behaviour is in breach of contract - and hence, the school is the innocent party and should not suffer a loss?
  • System
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    halibut2209 wrote: »
    Yes it is. The contract is with the school. What the school does with the money paid by the OP is irrelevant.

    So if I prepaid for a package holiday with thomas cook and my behaviour was so bad at the airport that they wouldn't let me on a plane. Would I therefore be entitled to all my money back?

    By your reasoning it's unfair I miss out on both my holiday and the money. Even though it's obviously my fault.
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  • halibut2209
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    A false analogy.

    The appropriate analogy there would be you went on the school trip, and the Ferry company refused to allow you on the boat.

    A completely different situation and argument.
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  • mynameistallulah
    mynameistallulah Posts: 2,238 Forumite
    halibut2209 wrote: »
    A false analogy.

    The appropriate analogy there would be you went on the school trip, and the Ferry company refused to allow you on the boat.

    A completely different situation and argument.

    No, it would be quite reasonable for a teacher to call a parent from the airport and tell them to collect their child due to unacceptable behaviour - I have seen it happen myself.
  • System
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    halibut2209 wrote: »
    A false analogy.

    The appropriate analogy there would be you went on the school trip, and the Ferry company refused to allow you on the boat.

    A completely different situation and argument.

    It's a far closer analogy than your ridiculous puppy one!
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  • halibut2209
    halibut2209 Posts: 4,250 Forumite
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    Again, a false situation.

    The difference is between bad behaviour ON the trip, and alleged bad behaviour BEFORE the trip.

    Please look at the situation from a legal standpoint. The school are cancelling the contract, and by law the OP should be left in the same position as if the contract never existed.
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  • mynameistallulah
    mynameistallulah Posts: 2,238 Forumite
    halibut2209 wrote: »
    Again, a false situation.

    The difference is between bad behaviour ON the trip, and alleged bad behaviour BEFORE the trip.

    Please look at the situation from a legal standpoint. The school are cancelling the contract, and by law the OP should be left in the same position as if the contract never existed.

    I refer you to my earlier post - the school are the innocent party here:
    mynameistallulah wrote: »
    Or is the converse true - that the child by their behaviour is in breach of contract - and hence, the school is the innocent party and should not suffer a loss?
  • halibut2209
    halibut2209 Posts: 4,250 Forumite
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    goater78 wrote: »
    It's a far closer analogy than your ridiculous puppy one!

    If you re-read your reply to that, you'll realise how ridiculous your point was.
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