Recent media outlets reported multiple incidents of disabled people being forced to leave public premises due to having an assistance animal with them.
By Christina Warner, Barrister,33 Bedford Row
 In November 2022, Angharad Paget-Jones was forced to leave the Premier Inn hotel in Enfield, London because staff did not believe that her golden retriever was a guide dog.[1] Similarly, in May 2022, Stephen Anderson was told to leave a McDonald's branch by an employee after being told that dogs were not allowed in the fast-food chain.[2] Whilst, on social media platform, Tik Tok a video went viral after Caleb Cahill, an epilepsy sufferer was prevented from taking his assistance dog into a Co-Op supermarket.[3]
These incidents have highlighted the lack of understanding of both the legislation g...