Fry Law has responded to the Transport Select Committee’s call for written evidence about the impact of the timetabling issues of May 2018 on disabled passengers. Please read our submission by following this link: Transport Timetabling Inquiry Submission – Fry …
Read MoreRestoring access to justice to Equality Claimants
Following a meeting with the Head of Civil Litigation, Funding and Costs at the Ministry of Justice last month at which Chris Fry presented the case for extending the costs protection available in personal injury claims to equality discrimination cases, we have now …
Read MoreTribute to our friend and colleague Mark Wright
It is with great sadness that we share the tragic news that our friend and team mate Mark Wright has passed away suddenly, at home on Friday 15th June 2018 at the age of 51. Mark was a Personal Injury …
Read MoreHousing Management Associations Responsible for failures to make Reasonable Adjustments
The Equality Act duties to anticipate the needs of disabled service users and to make reasonable adjustments extends to management companies or housing associations of private residents according to the case of James Plummer v Royal Herbert Freehold Limited , …
Read MoreThe High Court finds that the music industry does have legal obligations towards the hearing of musicians
High Note for Protection of Musicians as Goldscheider wins Judgment against Royal Opera House In a 125-page Judgment handed down on 28/03/2018 at the High Court, London by the Honourable Mrs Justice Nicola Davies DBE, the Royal Opera House has …
Read MoreSuccessful legal action by autistic boy against his local Scout group
An 11-year-old autistic boy, Ben Gleeson, has been successful in his case against 10th Harpenden Scout Group for disability discrimination when he was asked to leave the group in April 2016. Ben, who has Asperger’s syndrome, had been an active …
Read MoreFry Law launches Equality Cases Resource
We’ve been listening to feedback from our clients, former clients and disability rights groups that it would be great if we could share more information about the cases we work on that don’t hit the headlines. Almost all of the …
Read MoreEHRC Celebrates 10th Birthday by Highlighting #Paulleyprinciple
We had to share this inspirational film clip about Doug’s case against the First Bus Group! Chris Fry @FryLegal acted for Doug from the very beginning of his case in the County Court through to the Supreme Court. We acted …
Read MoreNot Dead Yet UK Succeed in Preventing Assisted Suicide Reforms
In a unanimous decision of the High Court delivered on Thursday 5th October 2017 Lord Justice Sales has dismissed the legal challenge brought on behalf of Mr Conway, which would have permitted assisted dying to become accepted practice in the United …
Read MoreInterim Relief Injunctions | An Update
This is an update to my earlier post about an application to require a service provider to make a reasonable adjustment before an event, to accommodate deaf customers. Good news and bad! The good news is that the service provider …
Read MoreIs it possible to prevent a service provider discriminating before it happens?
So one of the major frustrations in our work is that although the Equality Act provides effective remedies to people with protected characteristics to correct policies, practices and behaviour, we have to demonstrate that the outcome created a substantial disadvantage. …
Read MoreFry Law instructed by Not Dead Yet UK to challenge Assisted Dying threat.
Fry Law has been instructed by Baroness Campbell and Not Dead Yet UK to intervene in the legal challenge being bought by Mr Noel Conway to remove protections afforded disabled and terminally ill people by the current law prohibiting assisted suicide. Not Dead Yet …
Read MoreBuilding for Equality: Select Committee notes Fry’s contribution
The Government must act to lead the charge in improving access and inclusion in the built environment, says the Women and Equalities Committee in a major new report published this week HC 631 embargo This should include public procurement, fiscal …
Read MoreA genuine French Fry!
As well as being fairly handy with Disability, Equality & Human Rights cases, Chris Fry is responsible for the leading case on occupational hearing loss or ‘Noise Induced Hearing Loss’ (NIHL) and authors the lawyers’ Guide to Noise Claims for …
Read MoreDolphin joins the Fry Law Equality Team!
We’re super proud to announce that our Equality Team has been strengthened by the arrival of Helen Dolphin MBE (@MrsFlipper1001) as a Consultant Lawyer. At the age of 22, Helen became contracted Meningitis and fell into a coma. When she woke …
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