Neil Carroll

Personal life In July 2012, Carroll was left with permanent brain damage and in a wheelchair, following a fall from a Liverpool flyover, after being abandoned by a taxi driver who stole from him. The taxi driver was convicted of theft in May 2013.

His mother later sought to sue the convicted taxi driver on his behalf as well as the taxi owner, the taxi company and the insurance company, claiming his injuries were as direct consequence of his taxi journey home. The case went as far as the High Court but was unsuccessful.

In a separate legal case, his family also took action around Knowsley Council's attempt to get he and his girlfriend to move to a smaller property under the Bedroom tax welfare policy. This action against this was successful as the family proved that each of the four bedrooms was in use - one for Neil in a specially adapted bed, one for his partner, one for a lift to get Neil upstairs, and one for his live-in carer.