Solicitor Catrina Salter

His legal action was based on a claim that the health authority was breaching his fundamental human rights by not permitting him to be nursed at home.

His solicitor Catrina Salter said Mr Powell was "very, very pleased" about the news.

She said the health authority and local authority's decision to fund Mr Powell's home care was a vindication.

Mr Powell, who has been in the West Wales General Hospital since getting pneumonia in February, could be back in his flat within a fortnight.

"Jason is terminally ill and he has been told that he is unlikely to survive beyond Christmas so it is important there is no further delay and that he can go home," said Ms Salter.

One of his final wishes is to watch his beloved Whitland rugby team - who have supported him since he developed MS when he was 17 - play another match.

"He's absolutely fantastic and I think he should be given the right to have what he wants," said friend Susan Pearce.

At the High Court last month, Jenni Richards, for Mr Powell, told Justice Silber: "He is a very determined young man who is terrified at the prospect of going to a nursing home.

"He won't go into a nursing home and cannot be forced to do so. Therefore, the reality is that he will live out his last months in a hospital bed."