Two teenagers have lost much of their legal battle against the raising of tuition fees in England, reports BBC News Online. Callum Hurley, from Peterborough, and Katy Moore, from London, claimed the decision to allow fees to rise breached human rights and equality laws. The 17-year-olds had argued that higher fees would discriminate against poor and ethnic minority students. High Court judges sitting in London rejected calls for ministers to reconsider the plans for higher fees, but said the government should pay half of the students' legal fees. After the ruling, the teenagers’ solicitor, Tessa Gregory from Public Interest Lawyers, said: "Whilst our clients are disappointed that the court chose not to quash the regulations, they are pleased with the recognition that the government failed in its duties to properly think through the equality implications of its decision.”
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