Jack Straw’s plan to name social workers in family courts ‘breaches human rights’

Jack Straw’s plan to name social workers in family courts ‘breaches human rights’

Plans to allow the media to name social workers in family court cases are being opposed strongly by judges and lawyers, who warn that the change could breach human rights laws. They have expressed “grave concerns” that the latest tranche of reforms to open up the courts may drive away experts and violate children’s rights to privacy.