Firm that lost State Exams tender awarded legal costs

The High Court has ruled that a firm which lost out on the tender to set up an online marking system for the 1.5 million Leaving and Junior Cert exam scripts is entitled to its legal costs of a case it brought against the State Examinations Commission (SEC).

Mr Justice Max Barrett held that Ballinasloe, Co. Galway-based KPW Business Forms Ltd, was entitled to its costs of judicial review proceedings it brought challenging the SEC's decision to award a tender to a rival UK RM results firm for €5m.