The High Court has dismissed a challenge by a Trinity College honours law graduate to a decision of the Society of King's Inns refusing her entry. The society also secured its costs in the two-day hearing.
Ms Justine Quinn (23), Greendale Road, Raheny, Dublin, a Trinity College honours law graduate who conducted her own case, told the court she had her heart set on becoming a barrister.
But, she said, as a result of getting only 25 per cent in the King's Inns company law entrance examination, she would have to consider emigrating.
She claimed that mark was not consistent with her average of 68 per cent in four other subjects and was "nothing short of an aberration" which had no connection with her actual performance at examination.
The society argued that the decision refusing her entry was not a matter amenable to judicial review and that she was not entitled to a High Court order.
In his reserved judgment yesterday, Mr Justice Smyth said he was satisfied that fair procedures had been followed by the society.
He also rejected a claim that Ms Quinn's constitutional rights had been infringed.
The judge refused to make an order quashing the society's decision in Ms Quinn's case.