Disabled woman compensated after tea-shop refuses access

A disabled woman who was subjected to “overt and aggressive” behaviour when she tried to visit a tea-shop has been awarded £4,500 in compensation by Yeovil County Court. 

Jazz Shaban won a disability discrimination claim against Wharfe’s Restaurant and Tea rooms after District Judge Brian Smith said that the tea-shop owner had presented a “wholly unmeritorious defence, which exhibited a lack of sensitivity”.  

The court heard that Shaban, w... (177 more words)

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