Legal

The Independent Review of the Waterhouse Tribunal will today publish an Issues Paper calling for views on the scope of the original Inquiry and whether or not it sufficiently investigated specific allegations of child abuse in North Wales care homes. … Continue reading →

President of the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers, Stockport based Peter Garsden, has today welcomed a Court of Appeal ruling which he believes will have national implications for all local authorities defending child abuse compensation claims. It is a landmark … Continue reading →

The independent review chaired by Mrs Justice Macur DBE, which will consider the scope of the Waterhouse inquiry and whether any specific allegations of child abuse falling within the terms of the reference were not investigated by the Inquiry, has … Continue reading →

Labour MP Kelvin Hopkins raised a question in Parliament concerning out letter to the Ministry of Justice concerning the way in which the Jackson reforms may have an impact on legal costs in Abuse cases, which are now, of course, … Continue reading →

A Roman Catholic diocese is liable to pay compensation for alleged beatings inflicted by a nun and sexual abuse perpetrated by a priest on a young girl (JGE) , the court of appeal has ruled. The decision, by a majority … Continue reading →