Undue pressure to ‘register’ children under ‘school age’

We have been receiving reports of parents being pressurised into ‘registering’ children for school when they have not reached statutory ‘school age’.  Some have been informed that this is a legal requirement when that is categorically not the case. We Read More …

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 …