An injunction costs approximately $15,000 to $20,000, according to Hasting Lawyer Jol Bates.

Bates represented the Battison family in the Bay last year when St John's College pupil, Lucan Battison, was suspended for refusing the school's request to cut his long hair.

He predicted that, depending on whether the case proceeded to a full hearing, damages similar to those awarded to Battison - $24,000 - could be awarded.

Justice Rachel Dunningham, who granted the interim injunction, directed the boys' fathers to file a formal statement of claim by 5pm on Wednesday or the interim injunction would be lifted.

Half an hour before the deadline, the parents' released a short statement through their lawyer Andrew Marsh saying they had applied to the high court for a "short extension" to allow discussions with the school to continue.

"All I will say is I would like it to be settled out of court and the indication we have had from the school is that that's where they would like to see it as well," said one of the parents.

On Thursday a short extension of time was agreed by the Court to allow those discussions with the school to continue.

"In the meantime the parties have agreed that while those discussions are ongoing no further comment will be made by the parties," said Marsh, in a brief statement on Thursday afternoon.

Two St Bede's College students were excluded from the school's Maadi Cup rowing team after breaching Auckland Airport security last Friday.

There were riding on the Jetstar carousel at the domestic terminal.

St Bede's College lawyer Andrew McCormick had earlier said he had been expecting the statement of claim to be filed.

He said that the school would then compile a response and have that filed early next week.

If there was a hearing it would then likely be heard in the next 2-3 months said McCormick.

"The regatta finishes later this week, so the question posed is whether the decision was lawful or not, and that doesn't need to happen this week," McCormick said.

Both parties wanted a swift resolution, he added.

"Nobody wants it dragging on. The school wants things to die down so the whole rowing team can focus on the best they can this week."

"It's been really disruptive up there, as you could imagine. All of the St Bede's kids are getting much more attention than they would otherwise."

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Bravo to St Bede's College Rector, Justin Boyle, for standing firm on the school's code of conduct. Breaching airport security, by illegally taking a ride on a luggage carousel into the secure area is no trifling matter.

The two roguish rowers who did so at Auckland Airport on Friday, should count themselves lucky that the police and Aviation Security let them off with a stern warning.

But as ambassadors of the school, competing in an elite sporting regatta, their feckless actions blatantly breached the school's code of conduct, which they and their parents willingly signed up to.

Sidelining these carousel clowns from the Maadi Cup was the only credible option for Justin Boyle. In his 13 years as rector of St Bede's his firm but fair leadership style has been his unwavering trademark.

Highly-respected for his zero-tolerance approach on bullying and drugs, Boyle has insisted that the school community plays by the rules, and those who fall foul of the rules face clear consequences.

His decision to axe the carousel riders from the school's Maadi Cup rowing team is entirely consistent with the school's values, and more-importantly, fully in accordance with the code of conduct.

After last year's shameful hijinks in Tekapo by a bunch of school rowers, it's all the more galling that rogue rowers have generated embarrassing newspaper headlines for St Bede's, again.

But if this was a script from the Dumb and Dumber playbook, it's the parents of the two banned rowers who I believe have really defied all bounds of common sense.

Tromping off to the High Court to seek an urgent injunction, in a bid to get their boys back in the row boats stinks to high heaven of elitist self-entitlement. Where's the dignity? The decency? The self-respect? Continue reading

• Mike Yardley is a former Newstalk ZB host, a regular Fairfax columnist and former St Bede's pupil.