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==DWP== On 13 February 2019 Atherton took the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to the Royal Courts of Justice for Judicial Review for a [[Department for Work and Pensions]] (DWP) decision to refuse to communicate with Disabled Claimants by email in breach of both his Human Rights and the Equality Act. <ref name="DWP failed for years to meet legal duties on accessible information, says judge">{{cite web|author = John Pring| date = 28 February 2019 | title = Disability News Service: DWP failed for years to meet legal duties on accessible information, says judge | url = https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/14489-2/}}</ref> Whie the case Paul Atherton v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (who at the time was Amber Rudd) was dismissed, Judge Jeremy Johnson QC made it clear that the DWP had failed in all it's duties and had breached Atherton's and other disabled claimants rights and in so doing changed Case Law:<ref name="Approved Judgement: Paul Atherton v The Secreatry of State for Department of Work and Pensions">{{cite web | author = Royal Courts of Justice | date = 27 February 2019 | title = Approved Judgement: Paul Atherton v The Scretary of State for Department of Work and Pensions | url = https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2019/395.pdf}}</ref> {{quote|The approach of the DWP to the Claimant, and to many other disabled benefit claimants, failed over a period of years to comply with its statutory obligations under the Equality Act 2010 (and, before that, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995). Those with disabilities that meant that they had difficulty communicating by post were, in many instances, unable to secure a satisfactory means of communication with the DWP. This in turn meant that some went without benefits that were essential to them. At the time this claim was filed the DWP had still not complied with its statutory duties in respect of the Claimant.}}
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