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22 January 2009
Issue: 7353 / Categories: Legal News , Discrimination , Banking , Community care
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RBS more accessible

The Royal Bank of Scotland has become the first service provider to be ordered to make its building accessible to wheelchair users.

The Royal Bank of Scotland has become the first service provider to be ordered to make its building accessible to wheelchair users. In Allen v Royal Bank of Scotlandthe court held that the bank had breached the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and issued an injunction ordering the bank to install a platform lift. David Allen, who has muscular dystrophy, brought the case after he was unable to access his local branch. The bank had offered telephone and internet services, and arranged disabled access to three other branches.

Issue: 7353 / Categories: Legal News , Discrimination , Banking , Community care
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Switalskis—Sally Ann Masih, Suzy Overton & Jane Beaumont

Switalskis—Sally Ann Masih, Suzy Overton & Jane Beaumont

Trio of recruits strengthens Switalskis residential property team

Ward Hadaway—Steven Hayward

Ward Hadaway—Steven Hayward

Birmingham law firm appoints construction partner

Flint Bishop—six appointments

Flint Bishop—six appointments

Flint Bishop accelerates Northern growth through strategic senior appointments

NEWS
A High Court decision has clarified that a home may be unfit for human habitation not only where conditions endanger health or safety, but also where they seriously undermine comfort and convenience

A longer time limit for employment tribunal claims, new charity law thresholds, property tribunal recruitment and appellate guidance on small-claims costs feature in the latest Civil Way round-up

A recent High Court ruling could make issue estoppel considerably more complex in cross-border litigation, requiring parties to consider the foreign law governing the underlying claim
The Supreme Court has overturned Cheshire West’s bright-line test for deprivation of liberty, replacing it with a broader, more contextual assessment that gives greater weight to an individual’s wishes, feelings and apparent consent
Jonathan Fisher KC’s wide-ranging fraud report contains worthwhile proposals, but turning them into workable reform will require money, capacity and political will
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