“Not long ago, the University of St Andrews spent more than £200,000 on legal fees in successfully defending a claim for constructive dismissal by a lecturer. He claimed he had been forced out by bullying and intolerable working conditions. But the legal fees were 10 times the amount the university might have paid in compensation had it lost the case. Disputes in academia tend to arouse powerful emotions, as the reputation of an institution or the intellectual credibility of an individual is often at stake …” (more)
[Paul Randolph, Guardian, 3 May]