AN elite Melbourne school is suing the mother of a former student it says set up a defamatory website after her child was expelled for bullying.

Melbourne's The Age newspaper reports Southwood Boys Grammar is suing the mother for allegedly building a website that looked like the official school site but which was disparaging of the school and its principal.

However, the mum says her son was not a bully and the school expelled him for no good reason.

Read on about the elite Melbourne school suing a former student's mum.

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Originally published as School sues mum over website