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In the case of H v City and County of Swansea and Others [2011] EWCA Civ 195, the Court of Appeal considered a fact finding hearing to determine the pool of perpetrators responsible for injuries sustained by a child. They held that the judge had failed to weigh up various factors which tended to suggest that the [...]
The BBC reports that public meetings are beginning in north Wales to explain a new scheme often known as Sarah’s Law to protect children from sex offenders. North Wales Police will explain to people in Llandudno and Bangor the effects of the Child Sex Offenders Disclosure (CSOD) programme. It became known as Sarah’s Law after the [...]
The BBC reports that a convicted paedophile has had his sentence added to after he was found guilty of sexually abusing two sisters. The 68 year old man from Brookeborough in County Fermanagh, is currently serving 15 years for the rape and sexual abuse of three girls aged between six and 11. On two new charges [...]
The BBC reports that a paedophile who preyed on children as young as 12 has been jailed after admitting more than 40 sex offences. The man from West Sussex, was given an indeterminate sentence at Hove Crown Court. He sexually abused three young boys and shared inappropriate sexual messages with a 15-year-old girl he had met on an [...]
In the case of EB v John Haughton [2011] EWHC 279 a 28 year old Claimant alleged that she was abused by the Defendant when she was 10 or 11 years old. She brought a claim against him, but he raised the defence of limitation pursuant to the Limitation Act 1980. However Mrs Justice Slade [...]
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