TY  - JOUR
AB  - This article gives an account of the cases in which the Children Act 1989 has been interpreted and applied by the highest courts in the UK, the appellate committee of the House of Lords until October 2009 when their jurisdiction was taken over by the new Supreme Court of the UK. It explains the reasoning behind those decisions and how they did, or did not, reflect the thinking of the original framers of the Act. It concludes that, by and large, the Act has stood up well to judicial scrutiny but that the Human Rights Act 1998 has brought new challenges to which it must respond.
VL  - 5
IS  - 2
SN  - 1746-6660
DO  - 10.5042/jcs.2010.0298
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5042/jcs.2010.0298
AU  - Hale Brenda
PY  - 2010
Y1  - 2010/01/01
TI  - The Children Act 1989 in the highest courts
T2  - Journal of Children's Services
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 17
EP  - 28
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -