Tackling Child Abuse This Christmas
Thursday, 07 December 2017
For the majority of us, Christmas is a joyful time of year but this is not always the case. Encouraging a child to open up about negative experiences can be difficult, even more so during the festive season. The NSPCC’s current campaign raises awareness over this serious issue, and offers platforms for when children finally
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5 Myths About Male Sexual Abuse
Friday, 17 November 2017
Before the revelations of institutional abuse in more recent years, abuse was often only ever associated with the female gender. However, it has been found that 1 in 6 men have been targets of rape or sexual abuse. Child abuse solicitor and president of the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers, Peter Garsden, explains some of
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What Are The Long-Term Effects Of Child Sexual Abuse?
Monday, 06 November 2017
Research from the NSPCC found that 1 in 20 children in the UK have been sexually abused. What does the future hold for those thousands of survivors? Specialist child sex abuse solicitor, Gemma Pilkington, explores research into the long-term effects of child sexual abuse and explains how the effects are in direct conflict with the
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What Is Sexual Assault?
Friday, 20 October 2017
Thousands of men and women have taken to Twitter to report of sexual harassment and sexual assault using the hashtag #metoo to raise awareness of the issue. But is it possible for someone to have been sexually assaulted or sexual harassed and not even know? Deborah Corcoran, abuse lawyer, takes a look at the law
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Archbishop apologies to sexual abuse survivor for Church Abuse
Monday, 16 October 2017
Leading child abuse solicitor Peter Garsden has welcomed the personal apology given by the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby , to a survivor of church abuse who wrote 17 letters seeking help and redress but who didn’t receive a response. The Guardian newspaper reports that three bishops have also urged the Church of England’s insurance company
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Why Does Religious Abuse Happen?
Wednesday, 04 October 2017
The Independent Inquiry Into Child Sex Abuse (IICSA) has a total of 13 separate investigations that are on-going. Two of the biggest investigations to be taking place are those into abuse allegations brought against both the Anglican Church and the Roman Catholic Church. Peter Garsden, President of the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers and Head
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In The Limelight: Does Celebrity Status Protect Abusers?
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
In October 2012, it was revealed in an ITV documentary that Jimmy Savile had sexually abused 4 women. What came next was an unprecedented landslide of claims of sexual abuse stretching a 60 year span and Jimmy Savile was far from being the only perpetrator. But what has been learned from the thousands of cases
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Simpson Millar solicitors secures compensation for client abused by Retired policeman Jeffrey Lake
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
Child Abuse Solicitor Peter Garsden of national law firm Simpson Millar has secured £500,000 in compensation for his client, a 61 year old female who as a child endured many years of sexual and physical abuse. The case was heard against convicted child abuser Jeffrey Lake at Burnley Crown Court on 7th September 2017. The
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