Elsewhere, universities that had made legally binding offers of places in PE just before the numbers were capped have been left with students who won't be funded and possible penalties for over-recruitment.
While they aren't legally binding, they offer a more palatable alternative to court hearings, bitterness and exorbitant lawyer fees.
As tensions between Moscow and Washington escalate, American advocates of arms control argue that legally binding treaties offer both sides the kind of certainty that guarantees stability.
At least eight of the UK's leading fashion retailers had last night failed to put their names to a legally binding initiative to offer financial support for fire safety and building improvements in the wake of the Bangladesh garment disaster.
And it should also commit, in a legally binding way, to offer reasonably priced broadband subscriptions independent of its TV bundles.
Although it is not legally binding, the principles offer a clear direction for the future.
"In seeking the support of the Irish government, we propose to offer it legally binding commitments that go well beyond the protections currently available to it.
In December 2009, the Commission had made legally binding on Microsoft commitments offered by the US software company to address competition concerns related to the tying of Microsoft's web browser, Internet Explorer, to its dominant client PC operating system Windows (see IP/09/1941, MEMO/09/558 and MEMO/09/559).
In order to try to cajole Ireland into approving the treaty, European Union leaders at a meeting in June are expected to offer Ireland legally binding guarantees that the document will not impinge on sovereignty in a variety of areas, including abortion laws and national taxation.
This is because an offer is not legally binding until contracts have been exchanged, usually about two months after an offer has been accepted (except in Scotland, where a verbal agreement commits both sides).At the other extreme is Australia, the only place in the world where most homes are sold by auction.
