Teenager Sues Council Over Religion
Posted: Sat, 10th Mar 2007
An 18 year old Catholic girl is demanding £70,000 compensation from the Highland Council in Scotland because she says they sent her to live with Protestant foster parents. A judge at the Court of Session this week gave the case the go-ahead, saying it involved “novel and difficult questions of law�.
The girl, identified only as “AR�, was taken into care in 1997 and was under the supervision of social workers and foster parents for most of the next nine years. She was sent to live with two sets of foster carers and says her needs were not properly met. The girl claims the council failed her because she couldn’t continue to follow her religion. She also claims the council’s treatment of her breached the European Convention on Human Rights and she suffered depression and anxiety – and now can’t get a job.
An 18 year old Catholic girl is demanding £70,000 compensation from the Highland Council in Scotland because she says they sent her to live with Protestant foster parents. A judge at the Court of Session this week gave the case the go-ahead, saying it involved “novel and difficult questions of law”.
The girl, identified only as “AR”, was taken into care in 1997 and was under the supervision of social workers and foster parents for most of the next nine years. She was sent to live with two sets of foster carers and says her needs were not properly met. The girl claims the council failed her because she couldn’t continue to follow her religion. She also claims the council’s treatment of her breached the European Convention on Human Rights and she suffered depression and anxiety – and now can’t get a job.
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