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Disabled solicitor launches ground-breaking legal case over PIP discrimination

By John Pring on 3rd May 2018 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Disabled solicitor launches ground-breaking legal case over PIP discrimination
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A disabled lawyer has launched a ground-breaking legal case against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over his claim that it deliberately discriminated against him in rejecting his claim for disability benefits. Daniel Donaldson (pictured), founder of the Scottish social […]

Law centre’s disabled clients ‘abandoned’ by governing body

By John Pring on 28th July 2016 Category: Human Rights

Law centre’s disabled clients ‘abandoned’ by governing body
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A disabled solicitor has accused his governing body of forcing him to abandon disabled clients without legal representation, after it withdrew permission for his new law centre to take on legal aid cases. The Law Society of Scotland (LSS), the professional […]

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