The use of children as spies will be challenged in the High Court in a hearing scheduled for June. Just for Kids Law has been granted permission to bring a judicial review against the Home Office about the controversial practice. The use of children as ‘covert human intelligence sources’ by the police and other investigative agencies was revealed in a House of Lords debate in July 2018. Just for Kids Law says it wants the Home Office to tighten its guidance on child welfare, assessment of risk change, safeguards and circumstances in which child spies would be used.
27 February 2019
Push for clampdown on child spies
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Anthony Collins—William Hallett & Lorna Scully
Anthony Collins hires two talented legal directors
Switalskis—five appointments
Firm expands national abuse compensation team
Mathys & Squire—nine promotions
IP firm announces new partners and senior promotions across UK offices
NEWS
Executors may be overlooking billions of pounds in estate assets hidden in forgotten investments and misplaced share certificates
Britain’s booming non-surgical cosmetics market is operating in what some critics describe as a regulatory ‘Wild West’
Family contact disputes are becoming an increasingly prominent feature of Court of Protection litigation
Material obtained through US discovery applications may have a much longer legal life than many litigants realise
English courts are developing a distinctly practical approach to sanctions disputes arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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