Child Protection in UK Law

  • M and Another v London Borough of Newham and Others; X and Others v Bedfordshire County Council
    • House of Lords
    • 29 Junio 1995
    ... ... duties imposed on them for the purpose of protecting children from child abuse. In the second group (the Dorset case, the Hampshire case and ... of the statute, that the statutory duty was imposed for the protection of a limited class of the public and that Parliament intended to confer on ... ...
  • B (A Child)
    • Supreme Court
    • 12 Junio 2013
    ... ... meaning of article 8(2) of the Convention, it was not only in accordance with the law but also "necessary" in a democratic society for the protection of the right of A to grow up free from harm. In Johansen v Norway (1996) 23 EHRR 33 the European Commission of Human Rights observed, at para ... ...
  • D v East Berkshire Community NHS Trust and Another
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 31 Julio 2003
    ... ... Each involves accusations of abusing a child made against a parent by the professionals concerned for the welfare of ... care on the part of those involved in making decisions for the protection of children against suspected child abuse is to grant them immunity ... ...
  • R (Walumba Lumba and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • Supreme Court
    • 23 Marzo 2011
    ... ... Langley v Liverpool City Council [2006] 1 WLR 375 concerned child protection. The Court of Appeal held that a constable who had wrongfully ... ...
  • D v East Berkshire Community NHS Trust and Another
    • House of Lords
    • 21 Abril 2005
    ... ... The question in this appeal is whether the parent of a minor child falsely and negligently said to have abused or harmed the child may ... Child protection concerns were alleviated, and M was removed from the "At Risk Register" on ... ...
  • R (L) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (Secretary of State for the Home Department intervening)
    • Supreme Court
    • 29 Octubre 2009
    ... ... , for various gaming and lotteries licences, for registration for child minding and day care or to act as foster parents or carers. The check is ... required by Parliament because it was important (for the protection of children and vulnerable adults) that the information should be ... ...
  • Barrett v Enfield London Borough Council
    • House of Lords
    • 17 Junio 1999
    ... ... recognising the position was not the same as that considered in the child abuse cases considered in The X Case (which involved a statutory ... the local authority had failed to put children on the Child Protection Register or to take them in to care despite disturbing reports having been ... ...
  • Re X (A child: Emergency protection orders)
    • Family Division
    • 16 Marzo 2006
  • Barber v Somerset County Council
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 05 Febrero 2002
    ... ... police officers who regularly deal with gruesome accidents or child protection officers who regularly investigate unthinkable allegations of ... ...
  • Re B (A Child) (Habitual Residence: Inherent Jurisdiction)
    • Supreme Court
    • 03 Febrero 2016
    ... ... and state discrimination, social stigma, harassment and violence against both gay men and lesbian women, together with a lack of effective protection by the state against the activities of non-state actors. So the Court of Appeal proceeded on the basis —not challenged by the respondent in the ... ...
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