Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts Inner House Scottish Court of Session

Date: 09/03/2015

Subject: The decision of the Inner House Scottish Court of Session on the balance between the right to private and family life, the right of the parents to bring up their children and the minors’ protection, with regard to Scottish law, which introduced the appointment of a person, external to the family and not necessarily approved by the family or the minor, to whom the public authority can reveal confidential information on the family life

Parties: FIRST) THE CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE, (SECOND) FAMILY EDUCATION TRUST, (THIRD) THE YOUNG ME SUFFERERS (“TYMES”) TRUST, (FOURTH) CARE (CHRISTIAN ACTION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION), (FIFTH) AND (SIXTH) JAMES AND RHIANWEN MCINTOSH, AND (SEVENTH) DEBORAH THOMAS; against THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Equality - Art. 24 Children’s rights

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