Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts United Kingdom Supreme Court

Date: 05/16/2012

Subject: The Court recognizes that the “child tax credit”, a tax break in favour of minors who depend from their parents, is protected by the right to property, according to art. 1 of the Additional Protocol n. 1 of the ECHR and that indirect discrimination against separated fathers, deriving from the fact that only one parent can have the custody of the children and that usually is the mother, is justified

Parties: Humphreys (FC) (Appellant) v The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (Respondent)

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 17 Right to property - Equality - Art. 23 Equality between men and women

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