from bbc news -

A father is taking the Child Support Agency (CSA) to the European Court of Human Rights over claims he pays more than he should to support his daughter.

Mark Cook is one of the victims of a new computer system which the agency said it could not address until it is working properly. Mr Cook pays £250 a month in maintenance for his daughter. Under new rules he would pay nearly £100 a month less.

The CSA said all absent parents would eventually be assessed in the same way, but not before the new computer system was finally working properly.

Mr Cook's lawyer Cameron Fyfe believes the situation constitutes discrimination and is taking the case to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

Mr Fyfe said: "It is under the human rights act that we are bringing this application. Article 14 says there must be no discrimination. Discrimination has been defined as a policy or a decision which has no rational foundation. If ever there was discrimination this is it."

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