Court of Appeal

Independent Living

Campaigners from Inclusion London with placards outside the Royal Courts of Justice

September 7, 2017 0

Failed legal bid ‘shows UN was right to call for a right to independent living’

The case of a man who lost his legal bid to reverse a drastic cut to his support package shows the United Nations was right to call on the UK government to introduce a legal right to independent living, say disabled campaigners. Luke Davey was seeking a judicial review of the decision of Oxfordshire

Independent Living

August 10, 2017 0

DPO plans court vigil as it intervenes in ‘hugely significant’ Care Act case

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A disabled people’s organisation (DPO) has intervened in a “hugely significant” court of appeal hearing that is set to decide how far the government’s Care Act protects disabled people’s independent living and well-being. Inclusion London is the first DPO to intervene in a case involving the “flagship” Care Act 2014, while it will

Benefits and Poverty

A wheelchair-user at a protest holding a placard saying 'You Can't Cut This'

October 16, 2015

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Activist loses appeal over ‘unfair’ 20 metres PIP consultation

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An activist has lost a bid to prove that a public consultation on plans to tighten eligibility for the new disability benefit was unlawful, but says the legal case has still exposed the government’s “callous disregard for disabled people”. The court of appeal ruled this week that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had carried

Benefits and Poverty

July 17, 2015

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Court hears appeal on ‘unfair’ PIP 20 metre rule consultation

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A government consultation on plans to tighten eligibility for its new disability benefit was unfair and unlawful, the court of appeal heard this week. Last year disabled campaigner and blogger Steve Sumpter failed in a judicial review of whether the government had carried out a proper consultation on its plans to slash the qualifying

Transport

December 12, 2014 0

Court’s ‘extraordinary’ judgment on bus access leaves campaigners ‘appalled’

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The “extraordinary” failure of three court of appeal judges to protect the rights of wheelchair-users to travel on buses has left disabled campaigners “frustrated” and “appalled”. The judgement over-turned a county court ruling that wheelchair-users should have priority in the use of dedicated wheelchair spaces over parents with pushchairs, and that the “first come,

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Failed legal bid ‘shows UN was right to call for a right to independent living’

DPO plans court vigil as it intervenes in ‘hugely significant’ Care Act case

Activist loses appeal over ‘unfair’ 20 metres PIP consultation

Court hears appeal on ‘unfair’ PIP 20 metre rule consultation

Court’s ‘extraordinary’ judgment on bus access leaves campaigners ‘appalled’