The council cancelled the respondent’s registration as a child minder. The respondent appealed to the Magistrates, and succeeded, the court finding that the process undertaken by the council had infringed his rights. On appeal the council succeeded. The magistrates should have looked beyond procedural issues. The appeal to them required a hearing de novo. The matter was remitted to be heard before a different bench. Though the case should have been heard by magistrates who were members of the family panel, that was not sufficient itself to vitiate the decision.
Judges:
Wall J
Citations:
Gazette 25-Oct-2001
Statutes:
Magistrates Courts Act 1980, Children Act 1989 77(6), Human Rights Act 1998
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Licensing, Children, Magistrates
Updated: 15 July 2022; Ref: scu.166696