Psychiatric Injury
Sunday, 22 October 2006
By Peter Garsden Partner in Abney Garsden McDonald and Vice President of ACAL (Association of Child Abuse Lawyers) If an alien landed on Earth with abundant common sense, and was told that the English legal system imposed the following rules, then he would find it hard to believe, because these rules are more like legal
- Published in Peter Garsden's Blog
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AGM attend International Child Abuse Conference
Friday, 01 September 2006
IPSCAN, the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect who work in collaboration with BASPCAN the British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect recently held their 16th International conference at York University. The aim of the conference was to play a significant role in informing professionals on the
- Published in Abuse News
Coping with life
Friday, 01 September 2006
Solicitor Peter Garsden, founder member and Vice-President of ACAL (Association of Child Abuse Lawyers) examines the devastating and long-lasting effects of child abuse and how a survivor of abuse copes with life. “Whilst each survivor of abuse is unique, and his/her circumstances entirely different, I have learned over many years of dealing with child abuse
- Published in Peter Garsden's Blog
How does a survivor of abuse feel?
Monday, 01 May 2006
My first case came along in 1994 from a former criminal client (I had been a Duty Solicitor then for 12 years) who told me that he was a victim of abuse in a care home called Greystone Heath in Warrington. The police had told him he ought to seek legal advice, but wouldn’t tell
- Published in Peter Garsden's Blog