Father who refused to pay £120 fine for taking his kids on holiday welcomes £13,000 court fees

A father who refused to pay £120 fine for taking his kids on holiday during term time has revealed legal fees of £13,000 will be 'worth it' if the ruling goes his way.

The landmark decision could take place later today if the High Court rule in favour of Jon Platt, the father who refused to pay a fine for taking his family on holiday during term time.

Appearing on Good Morning Britain earlier today Jon told Ben Shephard and Kate Garraway it was not about the price of the holiday - it was revealed that for a family of four to take a break to Tenerife, Majorca, Costa Del Sol or Algarve, prices increase up to 115%.

He said: "I was taking my kids on holiday and cost had nothing to do with it.

"For 10 years I'd been trying to get a window where all of the family could go away.

"We managed to get 15 of us and the price was actually the same on the day we flew if we'd flown a week earlier."

Ben quizzed the father on why he didn't just accept the £120 fine as he knew the school's policies.

"The local authority issued the fine as the head teacher had all description removed," he replied.

"I haven't committed a criminal offence, so I thought I'm not paying the fine. [We're in court today] so we'll see what happens. Either they drop it and it will go away - I've asked them to drop it - but now we've ended up in court."

Kate Garraway then stressed that Jon could face costs of up to £25k and if more people took their kids out of school when they wanted there would be chaos.

"Well if the law requires 100% attendance then it would say that, it doesn't. My kids have really good attandance.

"They've never had less than 93% attendance."

Jon then revealed that he's already spent £13k on legal fees.

The ruling on Jon's case is expected to come back at lunchtime today.

Viewers took to Twitter to wish Jon good luck, with one posting: "Goodluck Jon. children miss school if there Ill so what is the difference with holidays!! They catch up on there learning (sic)."

Another viewer added: "good luck today Jon. My son (has autism) can't cope with holidaying in peak times but we'd still face the fine. Not fair."

While another agreed that companies shouldn't "hike up their prices".

They tweeted: "Good luck Jon Platt. I work in a school and can't afford holidays because even caravan parks here hike there prices up 50%"

* Good Morning Britain airs on weekdays from 6am on ITV