- Knocked down
- by a car, his right leg
- was shattered.
- 17 days in hospital,
- numerous operations.
- He could put no weight at all on that leg
- after the accident,
- instead relied
- on crutches.
- When he applied for support
- on the basis that he was unable
- or virtually unable
- to walk,
- the Department
- knocked him
- back.
- It said
- he could walk
- because he could go up to 200 yards
- on crutches
- before exhaustion set in.
[Huddersfield Examiner, 16/03/2020, Top judges to define what ‘walking’ means]