Professor Don Barry:

I will attempt to answer the question in terms of why the B and C case is going on so long. The B and C case is going on so long because, at the request of the HEA, we suspended our own processes for the duration of the Mazars review. At the request of the HEA, we then agreed to continue to suspend the disciplinary process while Jane Williams was doing her work. B and C have exercised their right to take a claim against the university for penalisation to the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC. It is my belief that, as president of the university, I should continue to suspend the disciplinary process in recognition of the statutory role of the WRC and await its view on the claim made by B and C. Our processes basically have been suspended since September 2015.