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
- Published in Abuse News
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Child abuse solicitor appeals for witnesses of abuse by ex teacher at Thorn Primary School in Leeds.
Tuesday, 06 September 2016
Guilty Norman Robinson, 76, an ex-teacher at Thorn Primary School has pleaded guilty to a catalogue of sexual offences against children. Sentenced at Leeds Crown Court in May 2016 for the abuse he committed, he was jailed for a period of 15 years. Robinson who taught at the school during the 1970s and 1980s, was
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Plodding on for Action Medical Research for Children
Thursday, 04 August 2016
We are pleased to to have helped Jo, Sue and Pippa complete their walking challenge, raising money for Action Medical Research for Children. Last month Sue Nash, MD of our specialist costs firm Litigation Costs Services took part in PLOD, a 40 mile hike in the South Downs, to raise money for Action Medical Research
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Teenage Girls Jailed For Kidnapping Toddler
Monday, 25 July 2016
In a harrowing case of child abduction, 2 teenage girls, aged 13 and 14, pleaded guilty to kidnapping a toddler from Primark in Newcastle and have been sentenced to 3 years and 3 months in custody. The girls’ lawyer claimed that their actions were influenced by an older, unnamed man, who convinced them kidnap the
- Published in Child Abuse
Leading abuse lawyer attacks sentence of notorious paedophile and law preventing victims bringing civil claims
Friday, 01 July 2016
Lawyer Peter Garsden, from Abney Garsden – a trading arm of Simpson Millar LLP, who has won widespread recognition for his groundbreaking work on hundreds of child abuse claims, today criticised the sentence handed down to convicted paedophile Douglas Slade, and criticised laws preventing his abuse victims from bringing a civil claim. Slade, was sentenced today to
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Leading Law Firm Specialising in Representing Victims of Child Abuse joins Simpson Millar LLP
Tuesday, 07 June 2016
Law firm Abney Garsden, one of the largest practices dedicated to claims by survivors of abuse, is to be incorporated into Simpson Millar. Peter Garsden, who founded the firm in 1985, said: ‘This is a very exciting time for us and with the support of Simpson Millar we can add even more value to our
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