disability, data protection, activism and other such
On the way home from the Yorkshire Show on Tuesday, this happened: To cut a long story short, I caught a single deck bus that had no wheelchair ramp or wheelchair space. I thought that was illegal because all single deck buses must be accessible as of 1st January 2016. This is set out in…
UPDATE 12th January: The judgment will be handed down on Wednesday, 18th January at 9:45am. UPDATE 30th November: The Supreme Court suddenly have a very urgent, very hot political potato landed on the doorstep. The Brexit high court judgment has been referred for urgent consideration by the Supreme Court, who will put all of their…
There’s a lot of interest in the court case being heard in the Supreme Court next Wednesday, 15th June 2016 – FirstGroup Plc (Respondent) v Paulley (Appellant), on “the reasonable adjustments which a bus company is required to make to accommodate disabled wheelchair users.” The number of wheelchair users supporting this case is humbling. It…