A newspaper sought to investigate the policies adopted by the council as regards inter-racial fostering. The council relied upon the Act to justify restrictions it sought to be imposed on the reporting. The case was not affected by the Children Act, and therefore no balancing exercise was required. The policy restricting publication was to be looked at under the convention, and limited only to the extent required. The injunction would be relaxed to permit publication provided the case was appropriately anonymised, and social workers with no opportunity to answer criticism were not named.
Citations:
Times 20-Oct-2000
Statutes:
Children Act 1989 1(1), European Convention on Human Rights 12
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Children, Human Rights, Media
Updated: 09 July 2022; Ref: scu.88779
