Case summaries
UK - High Court, 18 July 2007, S & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2007] EWHC 1654
Country of applicant:
Jamaica
Keywords:
Best interest of the child, Detention
This case concerned the detention of children. It was held that the policy which permitted the detention of children in a family for a limited time (about 14 days) was lawful, longer detention of children was found to be unreasonable and therefore unlawful. The State also breached Art 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights of a detained child by not being proactive in assessing and preventing forseeable risk to his health.
Date of decision:
18-07-2007