NI children’s tsar loses smacking ban attempt
An attempt to ban smacking by the Northern Ireland Children’s Commissioner has been rejected by the Court of Appeal, and taxpayers will pick up the legal bill.
An attempt to ban smacking by the Northern Ireland Children’s Commissioner has been rejected by the Court of Appeal, and taxpayers will pick up the legal bill.
Smacking a child is the equivalent of using an electric fence to control an animal, the Court of Appeal has heard.