The Weekly Law Reports
[2021] 3 WLR 875
Family Division
Barnet London Borough Council v AG and others
[2021] EWHC 1253 (Fam)
2021 March 2, 3; May 13
Sir Andrew McFarlane P, Sir Duncan Ouseley sitting as a High Court judge
Children— Care proceedings— Diplomatic immunity— Local authority issuing care proceedings in respect of children of foreign diplomat— Diplomatic immunity preventing continuation of proceedings— Whether provisions enshrining diplomatic immunity incompatible with human rights—
Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964 (c 81), s 2(1), Sch 1, arts 29, 30(1), 31(1), 37(1)(2)
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Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 4(2), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 3, 6
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United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) (Cm 1976)