The highest court in the land is ruling on whether wheelchair users should always have priority over mums with buggies travelling on buses – what’s your view?

The Supreme Court has reserved judgment after being asked to decide if disabled passengers are legally entitled to priority use of wheelchair spaces - even when they are being occupied by babies in prams.

We have reported several incidents previously when wheelchair users have struggled to travel because of pushchairs taking up too much room, such as:

Wheelchair user 'told to f*** off' by bus driver

Bus company apologises after wheelchair user told she cannot board bus because of too many prams

Give wheelchair users priority over buggies

The case before the Supreme Court was triggered when wheelchair user Doug Paulley, from Yorkshire, tried to board a bus operated by FirstGroup which had a sign saying: ''Please give up this space if needed for a wheelchair user.''

Mr Paulley, 38, was left behind at the stop because a woman with a sleeping baby in a pushchair refused to move out of the designated area when asked by the bus driver, saying the buggy would not fold.

FirstGroup has a policy of ''requesting but not requiring'' non-disabled travellers, including those with babies and pushchairs, to vacate the space if it is needed by a wheelchair user.

A judge in Leeds ruled the policy breached FirstGroup's duty under the Equality Act 2010 to make "reasonable adjustments" for disabled people and awarded Mr Paulley £5,500 in damages.

Recorder Paul Isaacs said the bus company policy should have "required" the woman to move and the wheelchair user's right to priority should have been enforced.

But the judgment was overturned by the appeal court, which ruled the adoption of such a policy would not strike a fair balance between the needs of wheelchair users and the needs of other passengers who might be vulnerable. The policy would also be liable to give rise to confrontation and delayed journeys.

Mr Paulley took the case before seven Supreme Court justices for a final, definitive ruling. After a one-day hearing on Wednesday, court president Lord Neuberger said judgment would be handed down at a later date.

Before the hearing, Mr Paulley said: "This is the first time the Supreme Court has considered a disability discrimination case relating to the provision of goods and services.

"We are seeking a clear ruling that bus companies have to do more to make it likely that wheelchair users will be able to travel.

"We also need a change in culture so that people with pushchairs realise they have to move out of these spaces for wheelchairs so that situations become less of a crunch point and confrontational."

Robin Allen QC, representing Mr Paulley at the Supreme Court, told the judges it was accepted that wheelchair spaces could be used by others "when not required for wheelchairs", but wheelchair users were entitled to priority.

Martin Chamberlain QC, appearing for FirstGroup, said there had been no unlawful discrimination against Mr Paulley.

He argued that requiring passengers occupying the wheelchair space to move if it was needed by wheelchair users "regardless of circumstances", and under threat of ejection from the bus, was "not a reasonable adjustment" under the Equality Act.

What do you think? Should disabled passengers get priority over wheelchair areas on buses no matter what? How can these clashes best be resolved? Add your comments below and vote in our poll.