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<p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) launched new guidance to staff in November
2018 to help ensure it meets its legal duty (under the Equality Act 2010) to provide
reasonable adjustments for users with disabilities. This empowers staff to remove
barriers and support users with disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS will also shortly
issue a new reasonable adjustment learning product for staff so that they have the
capability and confidence to support court and tribunal users with disabilities. This
learning will be mandatory for all HMCTS operational staff to complete.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS
also has a page on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service/about/equality-and-diversity"
target="_blank"><strong>GOV.UK</strong></a> setting out the support it provides, pointing
users to who they can contact to get the right support, and explaining how individual
needs will be discussed with the judge hearing a case.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS is committed
to ensuring access to courts and tribunals is maintained for all staff and users.</p>
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