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Judicial Review - Essay Example Kovac’s tea with sleeping pills’. The drug alleged to have spiked into the teacher’s hot beverage was diphendyramine citrate. The head teacher, in reaching his decision, relied on statements recorded by Ms. P, the claimant’s fellow student and Mrs. Kovac, the alleged victim. 3. According to the complainant’s main witness, one Ms. P who recordeda statementstating that during the morning break, she had been curious of what the claimant was up to and had followed her to classwhere the claimant was alone and seen â€Å"Veronica (the claimant herein)openherbag,takeoutasmallpacketofwhatlookedlike medicine(Icouldn’tseeexactlywhatitwasasitwas smallandIwastoofar away).Shethen wentovertoMrs.Kovac’s desk.IcouldclearlyseethemugMrs.Kovacusesonherdesk.Itisverylargeandhasâ€Å"world’sbestteacher†written on it.Veronica thendroppedsomething intothemug.Sheput thepacketbackin herbagandturnedtowardsthedoorIranawayimmediatelyasIdidn’twant her toknowthat I’dseen her. Idon’t think she saw me.†Witness P further records that while in her French class there ensured some commotion in the hallway outside when Mrs. Kovac had passed out and an ambulance had to be called. However, she does not state the exact time when sh e had attended the said French class. Neither Mr. Carey nor Mrs. Kovaccorroborates Witness P’s allegations. 4. The claimant states that the Head teacher, Board and Panel erred by not taking notice of the fact that Witness P, whom the claimant believed to be Ms. Pauline and the claimant herein were not in good terms. The claimant further states that Pauline and the claimant have had disagreements after the claimant started dating Paulina’s former boyfriend, Steven. The claimant’s mother aptly puts it: â€Å"Pauline was devastated when he (Steven) dumped her and got together with my daughter. She has hated Veronica ever since. I know that they havehadverbalfightsinclass,sotheteachers