London - A teenager suffering from ME won a landmark legal victory yesterday against an education authority's decision to reduce her weekly home tuition.
Five law lords unanimously overturned a court of appeal ruling that East Sussex County Council was entitled to make the reductions in the case of Ms Beth Tandy (16), following cuts to its education budget.
Ms Tandy, who is currently sitting her GCSEs, stopped attending school because of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) in February 1992 and was given five hours' home tuition per week.