The Weekly Law Reports
[2019] 1 WLR 5687
Court of Appeal
*Regina (C and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and others (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening)
[2019] EWCA Civ 615
2018 Dec 19,
20;
2019 April 16
Patten, Leggatt, Nicola Davies LJJ
Human rights— Respect for private and family life— Discrimination— Families unable to make new claims for child tax credit for third and subsequent children as result of legislative amendments— Whether two-child limit breaching families’ Convention rights— Whether discriminating against families with three or more children in enjoyment of Convention rights—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 12, 14, Pt II, art 1[1]
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Tax Credits Act 2002 (c 21), s 9 (as amended by Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 (c 7), s 13)[2]
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United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) (Cm 1976), art 3(1)[3]