And you think the answer is that everyone should be sued ????? parents ...councils ??where does the money go round stop Taike ????

Who funds the Councils Taike ? Take a wild guess.....oh thats right people like you and me through our taxes. Yes your point sounds more and more sensible as i think it through.

or maybe not.

This girl's case should never have seen the inside of any court but like i said you clearly have no concept of the range of circumstances that the state/judiciary can consider as being within their jurisdiction to interfere or term abuse or neglect.

In the cases you mentioned clearly crimminal acts were being purportrated against children. If a criminal act is committed crimminal prosecutions should follow full stop. Not monetary claims through Civil Courts because the unintended side effect is more claims for frivoluos things just like this court case illustrates.Have you heard of the No win No fee profession. You know the kind 'wheres theres blame theres a claim' type thing ?

How many more claims will now be made from children who in their view 'should have been taken into care' or who feel they were unfairly treated by their parents discipline' . The no win no fee industry has just found another cash cow and you want to endorse that ?

Sure there is a place for the Law but not like this and certainly not for monetary damages.

[This message has been edited by spalding1968 (edited 07-15-2010).]