On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 14:08:34 +0100, Someone Somewhere
wrote:

On 25/08/2017 10:45, Robin9 wrote:
TfL have announced that they have successfully prosecuted 21 private
hire drivers for not accepting assistance dogs between February 2015
and May 2017. One driver was ordered to pay £1,488 after trying to
charge
extra for carrying an assistance dog.

http://tinyurl.com/y7pr5sg3


Whilst my natural reaction to this is "good",

Agreed.

it does raise the question
of whether assistance dogs are special and whether private hire drivers
are allowed to refuse passengers (irrespective of number of legs) for
any reason and if so what?

The days of private proprietors being able to "Refuse service for any
reason" are over. It's different for public bodies of course.