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- Bus firms not required to force parents with buggies to move for wheelchairsAppeal court says wheelchair users should demand change in law after ruling in case where woman refused to move pushchair
The Independent
- First Bus wins appeal meaning drivers won't be legally required to ask parents to move buggies from bays for wheelchair usersBus companies will not be legally required to compel parents to move their children’s buggies to make way for wheelchair users, following a judgement at the Court of Appeal today.
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- Prams on buses court case prompts new wheelchair rowBus companies are not required to enforce policies giving wheelchair users preference over parents with buggies, says Court of Appeal
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- Anger as judges put wheelchairs on buses on a par with baby buggies and say disabled passengers have no legal priority Disability campaigners yesterday demanded new laws for wheelchair users after judges ruled they have no legal priority to use reserved areas on a bus.
- Bus companies DON'T have to force parents with buggies to make way for wheelchair users, court rules It comes after an appeal by operator First Group, which had been ordered to pay £5,500 damages to wheelchair user Doug Paulley, 36, from Wetherby, West Yorkshire.
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- Disabled campaigner loses bus case - but 'battle not over'A disabled man says he will continue his fight for wheelchairs to be given priority over buggies on buses, despite losing his case at the appeal court.
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