These appeals concern the role of siblings in the procedures by which children’s hearings in Scotland make compulsory supervision orders (‘CSOs’). The principal issue concerns the procedures required to make sure that public authorities comply with the obligation in article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR’) to show respect for the private or family life established between a sibling and a child who might be the subject of a CSO.
Judges:
Lady Hale, Lord Kerr, Lord Wilson, Lord Hodge, Lady Arden
Citations:
[2020] UKSC 26
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Jurisdiction:
Scotland
Children, Human Rights
Updated: 05 December 2022; Ref: scu.651752