http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-30376446Doug Paulley, 36, was denied access to a First bus to Leeds when a woman with a pushchair refused to move
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Bus companies are not required by law to force parents with buggies to make way for wheelchair users in designated bays on vehicles, senior judges ruled.
First Bus appealed against a court ruling, won by a disabled man from West Yorkshire, that the firm's wheelchair policy was discriminatory.
Doug Paulley, 36, was denied access to a First bus to Leeds when a woman with a pushchair refused to move.
The court of Appeal overturned a judgement made at Leeds County Court.
'Request not require'
Mr Paulley attempted to board the bus in Wetherby to visit his parents in Leeds in February 2012.
But he was told to wait for another when the woman with the pushchair refused to move because her baby was asleep.
First's policy was one of "requesting but not requiring" non-disabled travellers, including those with babies and pushchairs, to vacate space needed by a wheelchair user.
A judge at Leeds County Court had said in September that was in breach of the Equality Act 2010.
Mr Paulley was awarded £5,500 damages.
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