Reply #7: Banned in UK schools since 1998

[muriel_volestrangler]

(and in state schools since 1986, I think). The ruling from the European Court of Human Rights was actually against a stepfather using a 3 foot cane.
http://www.nospank.net/ukban.htm

But UK law may not yet comply with EU law:
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3014488
"British laws on corporal punishment are still under investigation for possible breaches of human rights, the Government was warned today.

A committee in Strasbourg has been checking whether Britain has complied with a ruling delivered by the European Court of Human Rights nearly six years ago."