Index card R (Rowley) v Minister for the Cabinet Office

R (Rowley) v Minister for the Cabinet Office

Hearings

England & Wales

28 Jul 2021 [2021] EWHC 2108 (Admin); [2022] 1 WLR 1179; [2021] WLR(D) 423, QBD (Fordham J)

Subject Matter

DISCRIMINATION — Disability — Duty to make reasonable adjustments — Government holding regular briefings during Covid-19 pandemic — Two briefings held without any provision of British sign language interpretation — Remaining briefings providing “in-screen” rather than “on-platform” interpretation — Whether absence of interpretation for briefings discriminating against profoundly deaf persons by failing to comply with duty to make reasonable adjustments — Whether continuing failure to provide “on-platform” interpretation at briefings in breach of public sector equality duty — Equality Act 2010 (c 15), ss 20(5)(6), 21, 149

[2021] EWHC 2108 (Admin); [2022] 1 WLR 1179; [2021] WLR(D) 423, QBD

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