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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Ex-teachers Of Christ’s Hospital School Face Child Abuse Charges
Tuesday, 18 July 2017
Four male teachers from Christ’s Hospital Boarding School in West Sussex are facing charges over a range of sexual offences carried out during their employment at the school in the late 80s and early 90s. Abuse solicitor, Peter Garsden, explains the next steps for abuse survivors involved in the case. Christ’s Hospital School Teachers Arrested
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Top Child Abuse Solicitor Picks Up Lifetime Achievement Award
Monday, 12 June 2017
Manchester based Child Abuse Solicitor, Peter Garsden, has spent the last 22 years of his professional life supporting survivors of child abuse. His efforts have not been missed. He has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement award at the Claims Management Awards. The Claims Management Awards was set up to celebrate the successes of those organisations
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Did Barnardo’s Destroy Documents As Part Of An Abuse Cover-up?
Wednesday, 07 June 2017
Following the first day of public hearings into the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, claims have been made that the UK’s leading children’s charity, Barnardo’s purposefully and systematically destroyed files that contained evidence needed to bring abuse claims against them. Leading Abuse Solicitor, Peter Garsden, looks into the claims and discusses what this should mean for future
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Debate Over Anonymity For Alleged Sexual Abusers Rages In Wake Of Channel 4 Drama
Monday, 26 September 2016
Channel 4 drama, National Treasure, has sought to dramatise the events of Operation Yewtree and has caused a fresh debate to surface on the topic of anonymity for alleged sexual abusers. With similar calls coming earlier in the year, Abuse Law specialist Peter Garsden explains the effect anonymity could have on abuse survivors who feel
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Sentence for illegal images of children too lenient?
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
This morning I was asked by BBC Hereford and Worcester to comment on their 8 o’clock News bulletin about a story concerning the conviction of a sex offender called Nathan Green for distributing and possessing illegal images of children at the worst level A as well as in the B and C categories for which
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Mandatory Reporting for Jehovah’s Witnesses?
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Mandatory Reporting has popped again recently in that I am giving my opinion on the Moral Maze tonight on Radio 4 under the title “Turning a Blind Eye and the Law”. If you read the synopsis the debate will center around how the police are not stopping people for using a mobile phone in cars,
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Was Panorama fair to the victims of child abuse?
Wednesday, 07 October 2015
The Metropolitan Police have put out a statement that the Panorama programme which sought to undermine their Operation Midland Investigation into Dolphin Square might prevent other victims from coming forwards, and undermine their existing investigation. I gave an interview this morning to BBC London in which I said some of the following but not all
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Will Panorama Attack the Credibility of Victims of Abuse?
Monday, 05 October 2015
I have been asked to do an interview on the Victoria Darbyshire Programme tomorrow morning with a view to commenting upon a programme that hasn’t even been aired, namely the Panorama Programme tomorrow night entitled “The VIP Paedophile Ring: What’s the Truth?” Peter Saunders from NAPAC, who is in the programme, has already given an
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