A disabled woman has won a legal battle against her council after she accused them of discrimination. Flick Williams, who is visually impaired and uses a wheelchair, found herself trapped on a footpath while out shopping in her local shopping centre, in May last year.
On leaving a shop, she found café furniture had been put out while she was inside, blocking the dropped kerbs on either side and effectively trapping her on the pavement. The disability rights activist and campaigner said: “This was an extremely distressing experience that put me into conflict with the staff of the business with the furniture out on the pavement.
“They were busy justifying that they had a licence from the council, regardless of the fact that it had effectively prevented me from leaving.”
