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ACAL has agreed to support a campaign to make the failure to report abuse a criminal offence, or to put it another way “make mandatory reporting a crime”. Sign the campaign now, which can be found on the Change.org website … Continue reading →

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 →

The Supreme Court have reversed the Court of Appeal decision by holding that not only the distant managers but also the brotherhood who “employed” the abusive priests are to blame. Judges said the De La Salle Brotherhood was liable along … 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 →

Congratulations must go out to David Greenwood, who was voted, Claimant Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year at the recent Eclipse Personal Injury Awards, held at the Park Lane Plaza Hotel in London on Wednesday 14th November 2012. Perhaps Abuse … Continue reading →

See our new ACAL campaign on the new costs rules being brought in by government in April 2013. Write to your MP NOW. See further details on our Campaigns page.

“I am delighted to attach a letter from the Ministry of Justice saying that “having carefully considered the views…,and the position regarding child abuse cases, Ministers have decided not to proceed with implementation of the SLAS (Supplementarty Legal Aid Scheme)”. … 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 →