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Posts from the ‘the law’ Category

0February 9, 2024Woman Hit By Two Tube Trains Takes TfL To High Court

0June 2, 2023Home Bargains Pays Man £25k Over Disability Discrimination Claim

0March 7, 2023Huntingdon Cyclist Death: Police Warn Over Ill-Informed Views

0March 2, 2023Arranged Marriage: Judge Protects Woman With Learning Disabilities

0February 24, 2023Disabled Shopper Wins Fight Over Pavement Cafes

0November 28, 2022Woman With Down’s Syndrome Loses Abortion Law Appeal

0November 14, 2022Blind Woman And Guide Dog Kicked Out Of London Premier Inn

1July 20, 2022Uber To Pay $2.2m To Disabled Riders Over Wait Fees

1July 14, 2022Down’s Syndrome Campaigner Fights Abortion Ruling

0June 7, 2022Muckamore Abbey Hospital: Bad Practices ‘Allowed To Persist’

0May 27, 2022Court Fight Looms Over Sainsbury’s Autism Assistance Cat Ban

0March 21, 2022British Sign Language Set For Legal Recognition

0March 14, 2022Down’s Syndrome Campaigner To Appeal Abortion Ruling

0February 10, 2022Mum’s Search For Kidney Donor That Could Save Son’s Life Amid Legal Row

0January 4, 2022Family Of Autistic Man Plan Legal Challenge Over Care Conditions

0November 12, 2021America Sues Uber For Overcharging Disabled People

0November 1, 2021Coventry Woman With Down’s To Fight High Court Abortion Ruling

0October 28, 2021Bobbie Goulding In Group Of Ex-Rugby League Internationals To Sue Over Brain Damage

0October 1, 2021Whorlton Hall: Nine Charged After Abuse Allegations

0August 11, 2021Disabled Woman Wins Permission For Judicial Review Of Hampstead Ponds Charges

0July 29, 2021Covid: Deaf Woman Wins Claim Over Lack Of Sign Language At Briefings

0July 8, 2021‘Down’s Syndrome Abortion Law Doesn’t Respect My Life’

0July 2, 2021Disabled Woman Begins Legal Action Over Hampstead Ponds Fees

0June 29, 2021Campaigners Fight To Save Human Rights Act

0June 17, 2021Covid: Deaf Campaigner Takes Legal Action Over No 10 Briefings

0June 9, 2021Predatory Marriage: Families Back Marriage Law Change Demand

0May 7, 2021Grenfell Landlord ‘Did Not Create Escape Plans For Disabled Residents’

0May 6, 2021Parents Of Disabled Child Win Fight Against UK Hotel Quarantine

0May 6, 2021Down’s Syndrome: Abortion Case Heads To High Court

0May 4, 2021Carers Can Help Vulnerable Clients Visit Sex Workers

0April 27, 2021Wolverhampton Taxi Driver Loses Licence For Refusing Guide Dog

0April 7, 2021Uber Ordered To Pay $1.1m To Blind Woman Refused Rides

0March 23, 2021Covid: Blind Woman Forces Government Action In Shielding Case

2March 15, 2021Covid: Judge Rules Man With Learning Difficulties Should Be Vaccinated

0March 9, 2021Widow Sues NHS Over Deaf Husband’s ‘Diabolical’ Care

0March 8, 2021Manchester Jewish Boy’s Care Home Proposal Breached Human Rights

1March 8, 2021Family Of Man Who Starved To Death After Benefits Cut Lose Case Against DWP

0February 18, 2021Philippa Day Prevention Of Future Deaths Report Published

0February 16, 2021Rachel Johnston: ‘She Was A Young Woman And Her Life Was Taken Away’

0February 10, 2021George Julian- Live Tweeting LD Inquests

0February 5, 2021Covid: Blind Woman’s Shielding Case Granted Judicial Review

0January 28, 2021Financial Stress Caused By DWP And Capita Failings Main Factor In Death Of Philippa Day, Coroner Rules

0January 4, 2021Nóra Quoirin: ‘Misadventure’ Verdict For Girl Found In Malaysian Jungle

3December 29, 2020Covid-19 Guidance For Blind People ‘Breaches Equality Laws’

0November 13, 2020Royal Mail Driver Wins £14,000 Payout Over Disability Harassment

1November 3, 2020DWP Slammed By Judge For Trying To Rely On Evidence Of Disgraced Capita Assessor Alan Barham

1October 27, 2020Disabled Juror Forced To Quit Case At Maidstone Crown Court Because All Lifts Were Broken

0October 26, 2020Down’s Syndrome: ‘In All Honesty We Were Offered 15 Terminations’

0October 1, 2020Plastic Straw Ban In England Comes Into Force

0September 9, 2020Grammar School Discriminated Against Visually Impaired Child, Tribunal Finds

1August 25, 2020Dylan Freeman: Murder Accused Mum ‘Admitted Killing’

0August 19, 2020Dylan Freeman, Son Of Dean Freeman, Died Of Restricted Airways

0August 17, 2020Mother Charged With Murder Of Dylan Freeman, 10 As His Real Parent Pays Tribute

0July 15, 2020‘No DSS’ Ruled Unlawful After Mother Rejected By Lettings Agency

0July 1, 2020RNIB Shocked At E-Scooter Speed Limit

0June 12, 2020Criminal Justice System Failing Disabled Defendants, EHRC Warns

0June 9, 2020Woman Who Falsely Claimed More Than £1m In Benefits Is Jailed

0April 28, 2020Twitter Campaign Over Lack Of BSL Interpreter At UK’s Daily Coronavirus Briefing Leads To Legal Action

0March 5, 2020Paralympian Peer Sex Assault Trial Collapses Due To Sickness

0February 25, 2020Down’s Syndrome: Campaigners Say Abortions ‘Need 24-Week Limit’

0February 12, 2020EHRC Taking Legal Action Over Autistic People In Psychiatric Units

1February 12, 2020Pay Us Fairly For Our Overnight Shifts, Care Workers Say

0February 6, 2020Dutch Court Outlaws Use Of Benefits ‘Robots’ Of Type Being Built By DWP

1January 31, 2020DWP Loses Court Fight Over Treatment Of Severely Disabled

0October 30, 2019Met Treatment Of Disabled XR Activists Labelled ‘Degrading’

0October 14, 2019Woman With Severe Learning Disabilities To Have Abortion, Judge Rules

1August 29, 2019Man Sets Legal Landmark As First Deaf Juror In English Court

0August 19, 2019‘Hundreds’ Seek Private Clinics For Medical Cannabis

3August 6, 2019Capita Goes To Court Over Reputational Damage After Death Of Claimant

0July 26, 2019CP Man Charlie Hale, 28, Criticises Police Stop And Search

0June 26, 2019Families In SEND Support Legal Challenge

1May 24, 2019BREAKING: Whorlton Hall: Ten Workers Arrested

0April 3, 2019Court Of Protection Judge Says Man Has ‘Fundamental Human Right’ To Have Sex With Wife With LD

1January 31, 2019Wanting Euthanasia Before Dementia

2January 22, 2019Katie Price Backed By MPs To Make Online Disablism A Crime

3January 4, 2019Beyonce.com Accused Of Breaching Americans With Disabilities Act

0November 1, 2018Medical Cannabis Available On Prescription From Today

1October 15, 2018Medical Cannabis To Be Prescribed In The UK From November

0July 30, 2018Legal Permission No Longer Required For Permanent Vegetative State Care To End Rules Supreme Court

0July 4, 2018Decision On Medical Cannabis Law ‘Within Weeks’

0May 10, 2018David Goodall’s Reasons For Going To Dignitas

2April 5, 2018Disabled British Man Held In Immigration Removal Centre For Four Months

0March 27, 2018Ben Gleeson, 11, Wins £42000 From Scouts After Autism Discrimination Claim

1February 15, 2018Blue Badge Thefts In England Quadruple In Four Years

0January 24, 2018Deaf Mum Sues Little Mix Concert Promoter Over Interpreters

1January 18, 2018Terminally Ill Noel Conway Wins Right To Appeal Right-To-Die Ruling

1September 6, 2017Back Pay Bill Could Bankrupt LD Sector

2September 1, 2017An Update On Davey V Oxfordshire County Council

1August 17, 2017Davey V Oxfordshire County Council- The Hearing

1August 17, 2017Davey Case Vigil At Royal Courts Of Justice With Inclusion London

2June 9, 2017Journalist Sean Dilley On Being Rejected By Taxis With His Guide Dog

2May 15, 2017HMRC Accused Of Outrageous Inconsistency Over Care Worker Pay

3May 8, 2017Mencap Says It Will Face Crisis If Forced To Pay Minimum Wage

2May 8, 2017Terminally Ill Former Soldier Writes Facebook Message Before Ending Life At Dignitas

1April 4, 2017Important Information On How Disabled People Can Enforce Right To Travel On Buses

2March 27, 2017Man With Non-Terminal Illness Fighting For Right To Die

1February 27, 2017Woman With Crohns Wants To End Life In Swiss Clinic Because Of Cuts To Social Care

6February 24, 2017Advice From Fightback On The PIP Changes

1February 7, 2017Taxi Drivers Face Fines For Refusing Wheelchair Users

2January 30, 2017Wheelchair User Refused Bus Space Days After Court Ruling