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Contribution by Zoe Picton-Howell
In this Scottish case, an application by a father acting on behalf of his young child with disabilities and serious health problems, for judicial review of section 73 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, as being incompatible with provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights was rejected by the Court of Sessions. …
Articles in: Child Disability Law
SM v Advocate General for Scotland [2010] ScotCS CSOH_15 (16 February 2010)
March 11, 2010 | No CommentsThe Impact of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Human Rights of Disabled Children in the United Kingdom
January 22, 2010 | No CommentsBy Zoe Picton-Howell, Solicitor (England & Wales) (Hons)
Doctoral Research Student, School of Law, University of Edinburgh
1. Disability as a Human rights Issue
The UNCRC is the first international human rights treaty to expressly recognise disability as a human rights issue. State parties to the UNCRC must “respect and ensure the rights set forth in the present Convention to each child …
K v Authority Reporter 2009 WL 3122389
November 5, 2009 | No CommentsK, a disabled person, raised a devolution issue that articles 6, 8 and 14 of the ECHR were breached by the absence of a statutory provision permitting her to receive legal aid for a children’s hearing in respect of her child.
Art. 06 Right to a Fair Trial, Art. 08 Right to Private and Family Life, Art. 14 Prohibition of Discrimination, Child & Family Law, Child Disability Law, Legal AidExamining the Impact of Scottish Devolution, ten years on, on the Rights of Scotland’s Disabled Children
October 6, 2009 | No CommentsThe following is the text of the talk given by Zoe Picton-Howell, an English qualified solicitor, now resident in Scotland, as one of the speakers at the Scottish Parliament Festival of Politics event “Better Rights, Better Lives, Better Futures” in August 2009. The event which was open to the general public, aimed to examine the impact of Scottish Devolution, ten …
Child & Family Law, Child Disability Law, CommentariesBriefing Paper for NGO Delegates (Scotland) 2008 to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child on human rights and the disabled child in Scotland
October 6, 2009 | No CommentsThe following briefing paper was written by Zoe Picton-Howell in June 2008 for the benefit of Scottish NGO delegates appearing before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child and for the benefit of that Committee, when considering the implementation of the UNCRC in the UK. The paper highlights some of the difficulties faced by Scotland’s disabled children …
Child & Family Law, Child Disability Law, Commentaries, International Law