Should Wrongs Always be Remedied? Liability of Public Authorities in Child Abuse Cases

This article considers whether public authorities can still be immune from liability in negligence in relation to their duty of care towards children at risk of abuse. It considers the case law since the decision of the House of Lords in X v Bedfordshire in 1995 up to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in Z v UK in 2001 and the implications of the Human Rights Act 1998.