‘A blind man who was left standing in the pouring rain when two cab drivers refused to transport his guide dog has welcomed the decision to prosecute the pair so that “other people will not have to suffer”.
Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An employment tribunal which decided to carry out its own internet research, apparently to help a litigant in person, has been condemned by Mr Justice Langstaff, president of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT).’
Litigation Futures, 20th November 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The husband of a depressed mother who killed her three young disabled children has criticised medical professionals for the “constant pressure” placed on the family to “submit the children to operations and other interventions”.’
The Independent, 18th November 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Once employment protection was focused upon conventional patterns of work – open-ended, regular full-time jobs with a single employer. Our norms have now moved on. Recent developments reflect this. It has never been more important to pinpoint the underlying prerequisites for the existence of a contract of employment.’
Cloisters, 20th November 2014
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘A woman’s refusal to move a pushchair with a sleeping baby from a bay on a bus used by wheelchair passengers – causing a disabled man to have to leave the vehicle – is at the centre of a test-case legal battle in the court of appeal.’
The Guardian, 11th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The government is writing to a string of high street chains urging them to improve after a BBC London investigation revealed a “depressing” failure to accommodate disabled people.’
BBC News, 10th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A fraudster who allegedly pretended to be a quadriplegic and in a coma for two years to evade justice has been jailed for four and a half years.’
BBC News, 7th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Prisons are struggling to cope with the growing numbers of old, sick and disabled people behind bars, according to a prison charity.’
The Independent, 28th October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A city council has successfully defended a High Court challenge to its decision to withdraw a wheelchair bus service.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd October 2014
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Two men have been sent to prison for throwing a deaf blind man and his brother on to railway tracks.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Prosecutors have pledged to do more to tackle disability hate crime after a drop in the number of convictions.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A mother who admitted suffocating her three disabled children before trying to kill herself will not face trial for murder, a court has heard.’
The Guardian, 13th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘As the Tories attempt to dilute the treaty’s authority in the UK, James Cusick takes a look at the difference it has made.’
The Independent, 3rd October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘At least seven times as many elderly and disabled people are being routinely restrained or locked up in care homes and hospitals as previously thought, new Government figures suggest. Councils have faced a surge in applications for legal clearance to deprive patients of their liberty following a landmark Supreme Court ruling earlier this year upholding the right of those deemed to lack mental capacity to the same basic freedoms as everyone else.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd October 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The former director of public prosecutions has said attacks on disabled people are not being recognised as hate crime, letting criminals off with lighter sentences.’
The Independent, 21st September 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) opened a consultation last week on a series of proposed changes to the existing system of housing standards, which seek to reduce and simplify the rules house builders must comply with.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th September 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘In recent news, the government outlines proposals for increased rights for the victims of crime, as well as for the revocation and confiscation of passports for ISIS fighters returning to the UK. In other news, the legality of the EU Charter comes back to haunt Chris Grayling once again.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th September 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘ An Army cadet partly paralysed during a skydiving jump which killed a comrade is suing the Ministry of Defence for more than £300,000. Tim Herlihy, 24, of Stourbridge, was left with incomplete paraplegia after suffering injuries including six burst vertebrae during the accident in 2011 when he collided in mid air with another cadet.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th September 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘No less than four FTT bedroom tax appeal decision have come my way lately. Three of them concern successful appeals on human rights Article 14 discrimination or Article 8 family life grounds. One is a clear room size decision with an interesting footnote on tenancy agreements.’
NearlyLegal, 24th August 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
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