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Two years on from Supreme Court bus ruling, protesters call for overdue action

By John Pring on 24th January 2019 Category: Transport

Two years on from Supreme Court bus ruling, protesters call for overdue action
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Campaigners have protested outside the Department for Transport (DfT) to call for new laws that would protect the rights of wheelchair-users to use buses, on the second anniversary of a ground-breaking Supreme Court victory. Two years ago (on 18 January), the […]

Supreme Court ruling ‘risks bringing in euthanasia by the back door’

By John Pring on 2nd August 2018 Category: Human Rights

Supreme Court ruling ‘risks bringing in euthanasia by the back door’
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Disabled campaigners have warned that a Supreme Court ruling has removed a vital safeguard that protected the lives of brain-damaged patients who have been left unconscious. The Supreme Court ruled this week that families and doctors will no longer have to […]

Bus industry set to face fresh legal action over access to wheelchair space

By John Pring on 17th August 2017 Category: Transport

Bus industry set to face fresh legal action over access to wheelchair space
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The bus industry is facing fresh legal action over its failure to ensure disabled people have access to the designated wheelchair spaces on buses, six months after a Supreme Court judgment that campaigners hoped would finally settle the issue. The Supreme […]

Supreme Court tribunal fees win, but minister hints charges could be reintroduced

By John Pring on 27th July 2017 Category: Employment

Supreme Court tribunal fees win, but minister hints charges could be reintroduced
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The Supreme Court has ruled that the government broke the law by introducing fees for disabled people and others who take cases for discrimination or other illegal or unfair treatment to employment tribunals. The court ruled unanimously yesterday (Wednesday) that the […]

Supreme Court tribunal fees ruling: ‘I couldn’t afford to gamble on justice’

By John Pring on 27th July 2017 Category: Employment

Supreme Court tribunal fees ruling: ‘I couldn’t afford to gamble on justice’
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A graphic designer who was prevented from taking a disability discrimination case against his former employer because he could not afford the tribunal fees has welcomed the Supreme Court’s ruling that the government’s decision to introduce the charges was unlawful. The […]

First Bus response to Supreme Court ruling ‘treats disabled people with contempt’

By John Pring on 2nd February 2017 Category: Transport

First Bus response to Supreme Court ruling ‘treats disabled people with contempt’
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A bus company forced to change its policies after a ground-breaking Supreme Court access case has been accused of treating disabled peple and the legal system with contempt, after it revealed the measures it has taken to comply with the judgment. […]

‘We must keep banging the drum,’ says bus campaigner after five-year fight for justice

By John Pring on 19th January 2017 Category: Transport

‘We must keep banging the drum,’ says bus campaigner after five-year fight for justice
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The disabled activist who yesterday won a ground-breaking legal victory that protects the rights of wheelchair-users to travel on buses has said he does not regret the five years he has spent fighting the case through the courts. Doug Paulley (pictured), from […]

Anger after bus giant ‘tries to weasel out’ of Supreme Court discrimination ruling

By John Pring on 19th January 2017 Category: Transport

Anger after bus giant ‘tries to weasel out’ of Supreme Court discrimination ruling
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The bus company at the centre of a ground-breaking Supreme Court case has been accused of trying to “weasel out” of the unanimous conclusion that its policies unlawfully discriminated against wheelchair-users. Seven Supreme Court justices ruled yesterday (Wednesday) that First Bus […]

Supreme Court’s rulings mean bedroom tax ‘will still unfairly hit thousands’

By John Pring on 10th November 2016 Category: Housing

Supreme Court’s rulings mean bedroom tax ‘will still unfairly hit thousands’
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The government’s “bedroom tax” discriminates unlawfully against some disabled people who need an extra bedroom because of their impairment, but not against others, the Supreme Court has ruled. The Supreme Court ruled yesterday (Wednesday) that ministers’ decision to apply the bedroom […]

Bus wheelchair space case makes history at Supreme Court

By John Pring on 16th June 2016 Category: Transport

Bus wheelchair space case makes history at Supreme Court
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A disabled activist was at the Supreme Court yesterday as judges heard his ground-breaking case that could finally force bus companies to ensure that wheelchair-users can use the spaces reserved for them. Doug Paulley’s long-running case is the first the Supreme […]

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