McNutt v Transport for London (2019)
Here, the defendant taxi driver had been charged with an offence contrary to section 165(7) of the Equality Act 2010 — part of the Act that specifically applies to taxi drivers and their passengers in wheelchairs. Under section 165(4)(b) of the Act, a duty is imposed on a driver of a taxi ‘to not make any additional charge’ due to the fact that a passenger is in a wheelchair. The defendant had been convicted of the offence at the Magistrates’ Court and had appealed by way of case stated to the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court.
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