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Law firm in deaf student payout win
A DEAF student who claimed a university failed to take her hearing problems into account has received an out-of-court settlement of £25,000 with the help of a Sheffield law firm.
Rosie Watson, aged 48, alleged Durham University repeatedly failed to take her profound deafness into account.
Now with the help of Wake Smith and Tofields law firm she has received a 25,000 payout to reimburse her tuition fees and student loan and for injury to feelings, psychiatric damage and the loss of opportunity.
The university denied the claims and the settlement was made without any admission of liability.
Rosie claimed the university failed to provide the right support, ignored her needs and ultimately discriminated against her as a disabled student.
She said tutors were not made aware of her needs or took little notice of them, and claimed when she spoke up she was not given the assistance she needed but sent off for counselling.
The ordeal caused her to leave her course in the third year without completing her studies and left her suffering from depression and anxiety.
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