The Supreme Court today ruled on a long running dispute between FirstGroup Plc and Doug Paulley.
In 2012, Mr Paulley, a wheelchair user, had been unable to board a bus when another passenger with a pushchair refused to move allow him to use the space.
Mr Paulley had argued operator FirstGroup’s “requesting, not requiring” policy was discriminatory.
The court ruled that this policy of requiring a driver to simply request a non-wheelchair user to vacate the space without taking any further steps was unjustified.
Chris welcomes the “important milestone” but noted that as the judgement was with limits it may be necessary to look again at issues with existing legislation.
Further legislation may offer the clarity and emphasis that is so urgently required to make sure disabled people feel confident about exercising an equal right to access public transport.