Abuse Lawyer makes Manchester’s most influential people list
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
One of the UK’s leading experts on child abuse, Stockport based Peter Garsden has been recognised for his contribution to Greater Manchester by featuring in Manchester’s 250 Most Influential People publication. The guide has been compiled by the Manchester Evening News and serves as a celebration of those who make a real difference to life
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My abuse hell at hands of teacher feared by us all at Ancoats School
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
The Manchester Evening News report on a man who says he was raped by his primary school headmaster more than 45 years ago and why he intends to sue Manchester council and asks other victims to speak out. The late John Mulligan is alleged to have molested the boy in his office and the sick
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Lawyer’s warning over keeping abuse suspects’ names secret
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
The Manchester Evening News reports on moves to stop police confirming the names of arrested abuse suspects. Peter Garsden, leading abuse solicitor and partner at Simpson Millar, has said that such plans could prevent further victims coming forward. Peter, who is also President of the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers, said that in several recent
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North Wales children’s homes abuse scandal
Thursday, 02 May 2013
Peter Garsden was interviewed for a Channel 4 film back in 2000 to coincide with the publication of the Waterhouse inquiry into alleged child abuse in care homes throughout North Wales. Peter is a Partner of Simpson Millar and also the President of ACAL (the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers).
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Child abuse inquiry call
Thursday, 02 May 2013
Public inquiries should be set up to examine cases of historic, institutional child abuse to allay suspicions of cover-up. Peter Garsden, the Cheshire-based president of the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers, believes full inquiries, with evidence given in public and the results freely available would ensure that victims feel they have been heard. Click to
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Cyril Smith abuse allegations
Thursday, 02 May 2013
The Manchester Evening News has today reported on the missed chances to stop sexual abuse by former Rochdale MP Cyril Smith – 40 years ago. Their investigation has revealed how police compiled an 80-page dossier of evidence in 1970 in which the former MP was accused of molesting eight boys. Commenting on the article, leading
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Abuse lawyers win ground breaking case in local authority cover up
Thursday, 02 May 2013
One of the UK’s leading experts on child abuse, Stockport based Peter Garsden, has welcomed a Court of Appeal ruling which he believes will have national implications for all local authorities defending child abuse compensation claims. It is a landmark decision that will have national implications in all child abuse cases. Until now, when lawyers
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The Lantern Project film – helping victims of child absue reach a sustainable recovery
Thursday, 02 May 2013
This short film has been created by the Lantern Project. It has been designed as part of a wider training programme for professionals and academics that come into contact with suvivors of abuse. It’s aim is to explain what child abuse is and the way we deal with it. For their short film, The Lantern
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Abuse victim’s death was entirely avoidable
Thursday, 02 May 2013
Graham Wilmer, founder of Child Abuse Victims’ support service, The Lantern Project, says the tragic death of Frances Andrade, the key prosecution witness in the trial, last week, of choirmaster, Michael Brewer, was entirely avoidable. “There is a great deal of confusion among the legal profession when prosecuting child abuse cases,” Said Wilmer, a survivor
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Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry in Northern Ireland
Thursday, 02 May 2013
The BBC reports that the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry in Northern Ireland is to launch a promotional campaign in an attempt to get more victims to come forward. The campaign will be launched in Belfast today. The inquiry began work last October and is examining the extent of child abuse in the Catholic Church and
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