Child Law Case
This area of law concerns the protection of children and the guaranteeing of their rights within their own families and society as a whole under the remit of the ‘Paramountcy Principle’. Consequently, it is also concerned with the legal regulation of parenthood and also the circumstances where the nation’s state can also intervene in the upbringing of our nation’s children, as well as determining who can actually be a parent and issues in this regard in relation to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. Moreover, it is also concerned with issues of parental responsibility; children’s rights; the Children Act 1989 in relation to private law orders and practice, as well as public law regarding the provision of services to children in need.
Then, issues in relation emergency protection orders and care and supervision orders must also be considered, along with child abduction and, finally, matters of adoption under the Children and Adoption Act 2006.
Example Cases for Child law
Clayton v. Clayton (2006) EWCA Civ 878
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Q 2001 UKHRR 1035
Re S (Minors) House of Lord, (2002) UKHL 10
W v United Kingdom (1987) 10 EHRR 29
