School suing me?

[CupcakeTheCat]

Hello, I've got a little of a problem. This year I've started a cidesco course at ray Cochrane beauty school in London. After a couple of months I've realised that the school is not what I've imagined and is not up to the standard I expected so I asked the manager to just finish off my cibtac qualification and not do the cidesco part. Now let me add that I am not asking for my money back as I've been paying in installments so have not even paid for the cidesco part. The manager got enraged and told me that he will sue me if I do that and I have to pay and stay the whole course. I've told him that I have no money to pay for the cidesco part but he told me that he doesn't care and he's just running a business. My question is does he have any basis to sue me if I leave? I am going to pay the amount for the cibtac but really don't want to stay in this school to do the rest and have to pay for something I don't even want to do.
P.s. to make it more clear the cidesco course is made of parts the first part is the cibtac and after you pass cibtac you do cidesco. Thank you

 

[user 111574]

Do you have the original paperwork that stated the full course price and your payment agreement? This should have the detail of your contract with the college.
I'm no financial expert but you might be legally obliged to meet the full payments.
Of course if you don't turn up to the cidesco sessions there is nothing they can do about that .

I did cibtac followed by cidesco. It's not much extra really to do and I think it does raise your employment prospects in the industry .

 

[coco.]

If you have signed up for the entire course, I would expect you will have to pay the rest of the course

I noticed on a course I looked at that you pay in instalments but if you leave the course early you are still legally obliged to pay the remainder of the course

Definitely check your paperwork but I would think you will have to pay for the remainder

 

[Trinity]

As the others have said, if you signed a contract you need to read the T&C's very carefully, that said, if the course and/or college are not up to standard and you believe (and can demonstrate) there is a deficit in the training then no court is going to uphold his claim. Anyone who jumps immediately to 'I'm going to sue you' strikes me as a chancer and a bully and that immediately rings alarm bells.

 

[byKaty]

Check the t and c's. Often when you set up installment plan like this its more like a credit agreement so you would be legally bound to meet payments . Though I'd go with last post and see if you can demonstrate that it's not up to scratch.

 

[AcidPerm]

Take a copy of your contract to a consumer advice specialist (Citizens Advice or similar).
They'll be able to advise you further.

You might be able to argue that you want to cancel the contract because the course isn't fit for purpose but you'll need evidence to support this.