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Today we report on two new cases, both from the High Court. In AB and Others v Nugent Care 2010 three Claimants suing the Defendant for abuse suffered as children in care had to get over the limitation hurdle. Two succeeded but one did not. In Merthyr Tydfil County Borough v C 2010 a mother [...]
The BBC reports that more than a third of social workers and police officers say they have felt powerless to act in suspected cases of child neglect, according to a survey. The writer attended a conference given by the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers and the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers yesterday. One of the [...]
The BBC reports that bishops in the Catholic Church have invited parishioners in England and Wales to make the four Fridays in the month special days of prayer for children abused by priests. All this is very laudable, but of no practical use whatsoever to those whose trust has been betrayed by Roman Catholic priests. What is [...]
The BBC reports that a serious case review into the death of a child in Bexleyheath in 2008 was not preventable. The child was was found with 80 injuries at his home in Bexleyheath, south-east London, in 2008. His mother has since received a prison sentence for sentence. Serious case reviews are commissioned by local authorities where [...]
The BBC reports that the government intends to extend anonymity to Defendants in rape cases. There have been concerns for some considerable time about the way in which rape victims’ identities are protected whereas the accused enjoys no such anonymity. However there will be a side effect of such a law. At present in child [...]
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