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Law change will allow Deaf jurors… after two decades of campaigning

By John Pring on 11th March 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Law change will allow Deaf jurors… after two decades of campaigning
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A leading Deaf campaigner has welcomed the government’s “long, long overdue” announcement that it will finally change the law to allow Deaf people who use British Sign Language (BSL) to serve on juries. David Buxton (pictured) has spent a decade campaigning […]

Minister calls for evidence on neurodiversity in criminal justice system

By John Pring on 23rd December 2020 Category: Crime

Minister calls for evidence on neurodiversity in criminal justice system
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The justice secretary has launched a call for evidence on how the criminal justice system is supporting offenders who are autistic or have learning difficulties. The call from Robert Buckland comes six months after the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) […]

Net closing on government departments that refuse to publish deaths reports

By John Pring on 21st May 2020 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Net closing on government departments that refuse to publish deaths reports
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The government is facing calls to publish two coroners’ reports that link the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) with the deaths of benefit claimants. New information shows that the missing reports were written by coroners in 2015 and 2016, but […]

Disabled campaigners ‘one step closer to justice’, despite court setback

By John Pring on 20th February 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled campaigners ‘one step closer to justice’, despite court setback
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Disabled campaigners believe they are “one step closer to justice”, despite losing a legal case against the government over the potentially ruinous costs of taking discrimination cases through the courts. A high court judge yesterday (Wednesday) dismissed an application for judicial […]

Support for ‘amazing’ campaigner whose vital legal case could help thousands

By John Pring on 30th January 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Support for ‘amazing’ campaigner whose vital legal case could help thousands
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Disabled campaigners travelled from across the country this week to show support for a fellow activist as she took on justice ministers in the high court over the ruinous costs disabled people can face when they take disability discrimination cases. If […]

Two government departments ‘are breaking the law over PIP recording failure’

By John Pring on 6th June 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Two government departments ‘are breaking the law over PIP recording failure’
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Two government departments are breaching equality laws and their human rights obligations by failing to ensure that disabled people can record their face-to-face benefit assessments and appeal tribunals, legal researchers have concluded. They say the delay by the Department for Work […]

Benefit appeal recordings not possible at nearly half tribunal venues

By John Pring on 17th January 2019 Category: Benefits and Poverty

Benefit appeal recordings not possible at nearly half tribunal venues
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The government is discriminating against disabled benefit claimants by failing to install equipment at tribunal venues that would allow them to record what happens at their social security appeals, according to university researchers. Leeds University’s International Disability Law Clinic (IDLC) has […]

Deaf campaigner takes court action over BSL jury ban

By John Pring on 23rd August 2018 Category: Human Rights

Deaf campaigner takes court action over BSL jury ban
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A Deaf campaigner has launched a legal action aimed at stopping the government discriminating against users of British Sign Language by preventing them from serving on juries. David Buxton, chief executive of the London-based disabled people’s organisation Action on Disability, is […]

Campaigner defeats third government department on accessible information

By John Pring on 28th June 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Campaigner defeats third government department on accessible information
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A disabled campaigner has won his third legal case against separate government departments over their failure to provide information in accessible formats. Graham Kirwan had already secured victories over the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Department of Health. […]

Legal advice concerns after government abandons search for new contractors

By John Pring on 15th February 2018 Category: Human Rights

Legal advice concerns after government abandons search for new contractors
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Lawyers and campaigners have raised fresh concerns about the government’s approach to providing legal advice to people who need help with discrimination and special educational needs (SEN) cases, after ministers abandoned efforts to award new contracts in those areas. The Ministry […]

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