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Chris Stapleton in his wheelchair in the doorway of a bus

October 27, 2016

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Wheelchair-user’s anger over recurring blue button bus nightmare

A wheelchair-user has lodged 40 separate complaints in just three years about bus drivers who have failed to put down the ramp for him, and have then driven off with him still on-board. Despite his repeated complaints, Chris Stapleton says the problem is getting worse every year. He has now lodged 19 complaints about

Paulley wins fight to take bus access case to Supreme Court

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A disabled campaigner who is battling to protect the rights of wheelchair-users to travel on buses has won permission for his appeal to be heard by the Supreme Court. Doug Paulley (pictured) has been told by the court that it will hear his discrimination case – which is backed by the Equality and Human Rights

Court of appeal set for definitive ruling on bus access priority

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Campaigners will be outside the Royal Courts of Justice this week for the start of an appeal which should finally provide a definitive ruling on disabled people’s right to access wheelchair spaces on buses. The case is being brought by First Bus, which is appealing against a county court judgment that wheelchair-users should have

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Wheelchair-user’s anger over recurring blue button bus nightmare

Paulley wins fight to take bus access case to Supreme Court

Court of appeal set for definitive ruling on bus access priority