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Operation Hydrant Continue To Receive New Football Abuse Referrals

Thursday, 13 April 2017 by
Operation Hydrant, the specialist unit set up to investigate allegations of child abuse at football clubs, continues to receive new referrals as the extent of the scandal continues to grow. Since former footballer Andy Woodward came forward and disclosed the abuse he suffered as a young footballer at the hands of a coach, Operation Hydrant
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New Campaign Calls For Establishment Of Compensation Fund For Football Abuse Survivors

Thursday, 23 March 2017 by
Football Abuse
Following his call for the FA to support smaller clubs that may not have the resources to cover compensation claims for historic abuse, Peter Garsden – President of the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers – has established a petition to broaden the reach of his appeal. The petition calls on the FA and its membership
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Leading Abuse Lawyer Calls on FA to Support Clubs Caught up in Allegations

Thursday, 09 March 2017 by
Speaking after former football coach Barry Bennell was charged with eight further counts of non-recent child sexual abuse, leading child abuse lawyer Peter Garsden – who is head of one of the country’s largest specialist abuse departments at Simpson Millar LLP – is calling for the FA to offer clubs indemnity to ensure that abuse
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Lord Janner’s Family Receive Core Participant Status In Abuse Inquiry

Monday, 06 February 2017 by
abuse inquiry
After being granted core participant status into the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) family members of the late Lord Janner have claimed that they will try to undermine the abuse inquiry from within. Responding to the decision, Peter Garsden – who is representing a group action against Lord Janner and Leicestershire County Council
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Why The Child Abuse Inquiry Is Right To Extend Its Truth Project To Prisons

Thursday, 02 February 2017 by
Truth Project
In a move that has been widely derided, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has taken its truth project to prisons in a hope to take reports from inmates who were allegedly abused as children. The move will see inquiry staff enter prisons and talk to inmates who were allegedly abused as children,
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Public Schools’ Attitude To Abuse Strengthens Case For Mandatory Reporting

Tuesday, 24 January 2017 by
Abuse
In the past three years more than 35 public schools have been embroiled in child abuse allegations with claims arising that a number of elite institutions are adopting a nonchalant attitude to child abuse in a bid to protect their reputations. The findings, which came after a Sunday Times investigation, have strengthened calls for mandatory
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Campaign Pushes For End Of Child Poverty And Abuse

Thursday, 19 January 2017 by
Child poverty
A campaign group have published a hard-hitting short film to highlight the link between child poverty and abuse, in the hope that it raises awareness and brings an end to the correlation between these factors in our communities. The short film, Gaslighting, is based on true events and follows a young girl, Brooke, who has
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IICSA Publishes Internal Review That Could Scale Back Janner Investigation

Thursday, 05 January 2017 by
IICSA
In an internal review of working practices, the IICSA has hinted that the scope of the investigation into allegations of child abuse by the late Lord Greville Janner could be scaled back. It has been revealed that while the focus of work may be refocused, the rest of the inquiry’s scope will not be scaled
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Police Scandal After Sexual Exploitation Allegations

Wednesday, 14 December 2016 by
A report from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) has found that more than 300 police officers have been accused of abusing their authority for sexual gain in the past two years. The findings are particularly shocking when one considers the heightened awareness of sexual abuse amongst police forces, who have been asked in recent
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Survivor group withdraws from abuse inquiry amongst turmoil

Wednesday, 30 November 2016 by
IICSA
The largest victims’ group involved in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has withdrawn from the investigation, claiming it is an “unpalatable circus”. The Shirley Oaks Survivors Association, which represents 600 victims of abuse who lived in children’s homes run by Lambeth Council, held a vote amongst members to decide if it wanted
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