Legal system not geared for needs of deaf people: Guardian

The british legal system is stacked against providing a fair service for the deaf people, leaving charities such as RAD to deal with the problems and leading to the country's first legal firm especially for deaf people, according to the UK Newspaper, The Guardian:

"You don't have to look very far to find stories about deaf people who have been let down by lawyers and the legal system.

There's Funmi, a deaf Nigerian who has lived in the UK since 1987 but whose solicitor did not make her citizenship application correctly; David, a self-employed man whose solicitor did not fight his corner over benefits he was entitled to for being wholly reliant on his hearing mother to communicate with clients; and John, whose union solicitor did a bad job of his disability discrimination case against a well-known financial institution."

Neil Rose of the The Guardian has the full story here

For more information about RAD's Legal Service, follow this link: http://www.royaldeaf.org.uk/legal-services.html

For Action on Hearing Loss' Factsheets about your rights : http://www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/supporting-you/factsheets-and-leaflets/your-rights.aspx