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Judge allows school talks on banned boys unknown Telegraph Friday 26 Nov 1999 A COURTROOM challenge by two pupils who were expelled from school for smoking cannabis at a private party was adjourned in the Irish High Court yesterday. Mr Justice James Kearns put the case off for a week so that the teenaged boys and their parents could have an opportunity to speak to the school's board of management. The judge also ruled that neither the boys nor the private school involved should be identified. The boys have admitted they smoked cannabis at a party out of school hours in a public house near Dublin last month. They were expelled after being seen by a teacher who was also in the pub. The judge said a court should not lightly interfere with the autonomy of the school, or its capacity to discipline students. But he stressed that it was a matter of concern that the boys were expelled before either they or their parents had the opportunity to make submissions to the governors. He said that if both sides agreed, the meeting between the parents and the management could go ahead without the presence of lawyers.
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