Fee not refunded for residential course - covid cancellation

[BankFodder]

What is the name of the college and the Craft Association?

[BankFodder]

If they are preventing you from attending or if there are government rules which prevent you from attending then it seems to me that you should be entitled to a full refund.

Whether or not they are able to obtain their own refunds in respect of accommodation is their problem. If they are not permitted to host you as a participant because of government rules then the contract is frustrated and their contract with the accommodation provider is frustrated.
I suppose that either they don't understand or they don't want to go to the trouble of all this.

How much money are you talking about?

 

We've had these issues come up before during the pandemic. If you search the forum for the wedding cases where venues have been cancelled due to Covid and yet the function provider has refused to refund, you will probably find some helpful information

[BankFodder]

Well I think that if they are preventing you from attending then they will have to be liable for the costs of that to you – including the reimbursement of the train fare if you have already purchased the ticket and it was reasonable to do so.

If you are free to attend then it would probably be quite difficult to get a reimbursement although technically speaking they would only be entitled to retain any expenses which they have already incurred or which have been caused by your breach