Wellbeing power cannot be construed as duty to share information

Lawyer Allan Norman dismisses the Local Government Act’s use as a gateway for routine sharing information on all children and young people. [The Supreme Court ruling of 28 July 2016 subsequently confirmed the illegality of such information processing.] He writes: There is equivalent legislation in Read More …

GIRFEC breaches Article 8 and the Data Protection Act

Voices of dissent over the Great God GIRFEC appear to be gathering a head of steam and and, what’s more, they are singing from remarkably similar song sheets in relation to the legality (or otherwise) of this universal surveillance policy Read More …

Welsh Government shelves parent licensing plans

Following a deluge of responses to the Welsh Government’s consultation on its misguided proposals to introduce parent licensing for home educators as part of the forthcoming Education (Wales) Bill, plans for such a scheme have now been officially shelved. In Read More …