Court Case on Pedestrianisation in Colchester

A case will be heard at the Court of Appeal on the 13th December which will have implications for the lives of disabled people the length and breadth of England.

Fair Access to Colchester are asking people to come and support them at the Court. See more information here http://fa2c.org/town-centre-trial/heading-to-the-court-of-appeal-2016

They say “It’s important that we all remember that this isn’t just a local issue about parking – it has a much wider potential impact for disabled people across the country. The appeal now won’t look at the rights and wrongs of the decision in Colchester, but purely on the law around judicial reviews being heard in the High Court. This has the basis to impact many other cases that try to apply the Equality Act to Judicial Reviews in this way – particularly people with disabilities, so we are really keen to fight this and try and make it easier for other cases in the future.”

If you’d like to read more about the original case you can find a summary here: http://www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17336:dispute-over-traffic-orders-and-equality-duty-set-for-court-of-appeal&catid=1:latest-stories