[WiLT] Disability Law Service Training - October 2006

[WiL Admin]

Disability Law Service is pleased to announce new training courses for
October 2006:

.. Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance - A Guide
to Successful Claims
.. Mental Capacity
.. Employment Law - Incapability Dismissals and Reasonable
Adjustments
.. Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Access to
Goods and Services

Since 1975 the Disability law Service has provided a free and
confidential legal advice and casework service for disabled and Deaf
people.

We have grown steadily from a volunteer organisation into a
professional organisation run by disabled people. We provide a quality
service in areas of public and social welfare law.

Wherever possible we try to empower the individual by demystifying the
legal system giving the advice and information needed to resolve their
situation. If further support is required we can provide one to one
consultations and work with the individual through the whole legal
process to full representation in the courts.

In order to make our service accessible we will endeavour to engage
sign language interpreters and translators when necessary and
possible, and provide our information in large print, braille or
audiotape on request.

* Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance - A Guide to
Successful Claims
Thursday 19th October 2006, 2-5pm / Trainer: Roddy Slorach

This session is for those advising disabled people and those with
long-term health problems about disability-related benefits. It will
focus primarily on Disability Living Allowance and Attendance
Allowance. Participants should have a basic familiarity with these
benefits, although this is not essential. The session will include:
* The significance of these benefits and how they are structured
* Who can qualify for which benefit
* Claiming for physical and mental disabilities
* How to fill in forms correctly
* How to appeal if claims are rejected

* Mental Capacity
Friday 20th October 2006, 2-5pm / Trainer: Ian Steptoe

This session is suitable for advisers, advocates, lawyers and public
and voluntary sector workers. The course, at intermediate level, is
intended to provide a general overview of the law. Some practical
experience or knowledge of the issues affecting those without capacity
is desirable for participants. Participants will acquire
* Knowledge of the law as relating to mental incapacity
* An understanding of the legal test for determining whether a person
has capacity
* Knowledge of the protection the law provides for persons who lack
capacity
* An understanding of the ways in which third parties may be
authorised to take decisions for persons lacking capacity

* Employment Law - Incapability Dismissals and Reasonable Adjustments
Monday 30th October 2006, 2-5pm / Trainer: Roy Kuku

This session is aimed at an intermediate level for advisors,
caseworkers and solicitors with an existing working knowledge of
fair/unfair dismissal employment law and a basic knowledge of the
Disability Discrimination Act. The course will provide knowledge of
how to test the validity of a dismissal based on "incapability" where
the relevant employee is disabled, under the DDA. It will include:
* Section 98 of Employment Rights Act 1996 (i.e. fair grounds for
dismissal)
* Sections 4 (A) and 18 of DDA 1995 (i.e. reasonable adjustments)

* Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act Access to Goods &
Services
Wednesday 25th October 2006, 2-5pm / Trainer: Roddy Slorach

This session is for those advising disabled people and their carers,
particularly in relation to consumer rights. It will provide an
updated guide to the 'Goods & Services' part of the DDA, also touching
on the provisions and likely impact of the new Disability Equality
Duty. The session aims to provide a detailed understanding of how Part
III applies in practice. It will include:
* The definition of disability under the DDA
* What is and is not a service?
* Less favourable treatment
* Reasonable adjustments
* Discrimination and justification
* Claims and the Conciliation Service

For full details, including costs and booking forms go to
http://www.dls.org.uk/training/dates.html

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