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Balancing human rights with child protection

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Published on: 20 October 2015
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Local Government analysis: How will the courts balance the article 8 rights of parents against the duty of local authorities to protect children? Ruth Cabeza, barrister at Field Court Chambers, examines Williams v London Borough of Hackney and argues that the proportionality test must inevitably address the tension between the necessity of child protection and the requirement of the state to refrain from interference with family life.

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