UK barrister John Horan, who was disabled as the result of a stroke, uses
the example of his own case to argue that discrimination on the grounds of disability
in courts, tribunals and regulatory panels will only be stopped if judges and their
peers take a realistic approach based on morality and humanity. He supports his argument
with references to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities, the Equal Treatment Bench Book developed by the Judiciary of the
UK and other sources. This is his personal view.

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