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Gordonstoun Asking Ex-Pupils For Information About Abuse

Tuesday, 27 June 2017 by
After the Scottish independent school was included on a list of schools being investigated by the Scottish Inquiry into historical child abuse, Gordonstoun has taken a transparent approach by contacting 3,000 ex-pupils, asking for any abuse survivors to come forward. Our Peter Garsden discusses the steps the school has taken to encourage abuse victims to
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Top Child Abuse Solicitor Picks Up Lifetime Achievement Award

Monday, 12 June 2017 by
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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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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Leading Law Firm Specialising in Representing Victims of Child Abuse joins Simpson Millar LLP

Tuesday, 07 June 2016 by
Peter Garsden
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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Lord Janner ‘unfit to stand trial’ on child abuse charges

Wednesday, 09 December 2015 by
Janner
A recent court hearing has heard that former Labour peer Lord Janner is suffering from advanced and disabling dementia with a judge has ruling that he is unfit to plead in a criminal trial over a ranged of sex abuse charges dating back 50 years. The judge made his decisions based on a series of
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Why Did the Government Cover Up Child Abuse by Ministers and Members of Government?

Thursday, 23 July 2015 by
The recent revelation of papers found in a box marked “Cabinet Secretary Miscellaneous Papers” which shows that there was a cover up of allegations of child abuse is not surprising to me, not only because I have been hearing anecdotal allegations against senior public figures since at least 1997, but also because in the past
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Abuse lawyer welcomes news that Lord Janner will face charges of historic child abuse

Wednesday, 01 July 2015 by
Lord Janner
Child abuse lawyer Peter Garsden has welcomed the decision of an independent QC who has overruled the original decision of Alison Saunders, the Director of Public Prosecutions, not to charge Lord Janner over claims of historical sex abuse because of his dementia. The case has been listed for Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 7 August following
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An ‘explosion’ of abuse allegations in Britain’s top boarding schools

Tuesday, 02 September 2014 by
Caldicott Prep school
Leading Abuse lawyer, Peter Garsden, has been quoted in an article in Newsweek regarding the increase in ex pupils from ‘elite’ boarding schools bringing civil actions against their schools for with abuse allegations and failing to protect them from abuse. The article refers to the fact that prosecutions for child abuse in Britain’s public schools
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Jimmy Savile Trust challenges the compensation scheme in the Court of Appeal

Monday, 04 August 2014 by
Jimmy Savile
I will be speaking on BBC Radio Leeds drivetime concerning the news that the trustees controlling Jimmy Savile’s trust are trying to prevent victims claiming compensation from his estate. As it stands the victims can’t legally claim compensation from the money which the trust controls, but they can claim from Savile’s estate. But now, the
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‘Cop Amnesty’ in Westminster abuse inquiry needs to be ‘carefully put together’ says Abuse lawyer

Wednesday, 16 July 2014 by
Westminster
A former Special branch police officer has called for an amnesty to help retired colleagues share what they know of the paedophile network operating in Westminster in the 1980s. This follows the announcement of the Home Office review which is to investigate the handling of documents relating to claims of a paedophile ring at Westminster
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