Abuse Articles

(January 08) Breaking Legal News - child abuse compensation

At the end of January 2008 the House of Lords handed down judgment in a number of important cases, which have revolutionised the law of child abuse compensation. The law has tipped in favour of survivors. It is now much easier for them to fight cases. This is great news. The following changes have been made:-

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Does Child Abuse Cause Crime by Peter Garsden

· The National Fire Service were very concerned to discover, that a large proportion of those who commit arson in this country were the former victims of child abuse; so much so that they asked the organisation I helped found in 1998 – Association of Child Abuse Lawyers, for special training.

· Many convicted paedophiles were abused in childhood, but there are no statistics to suggest that abuse in childhood leads to sex offending in later life.

These bland statistics, however, belie the subtlety of the subject, as Peter goes on to illustrate.

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A book review (Conspiracy of Faith by Graham Wilner) written by Managing Partner and child abuse expert, Peter Garsden.

The true story of the author's search for justice following his abuse as a child by a teacher at his Catholic school, revealing the difficulties of prosecuting paedophiles within a Church that too often refuses to face up to the problem.

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How do the LSC treat Child Abuse Victims? by Peter Garsden as appearing in the Independent Lawyer in April 2007

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Psychiatric Injury" by Peter Garsden, as appearing in the ACAL Newletter of October 2006

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"Coping with Life" by Peter Garsden, as appearing in Inside Time in September 2006

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"How Does a Survior of Child Abuse Feel?" by Peter Garsden, as appearing in Inside Time in May 2006

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"Will Euros Heal Irish Abuse Victims?" by Peter Garsden, as appearing in the European Lawyer in November 2005

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"Limitation - a Lewis Carroll Story?" by Peter Garsden as published in the ACAL Newsletter of Winter 2005

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"Another Hurdle" by Paul Durkin as published in the ACAL (Association of Child Abuse Lawyers) Newsletter of September 2004

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Court of Appeal in Bryn Alyn Denies Claimants' Appeal on "The Lister Point" by Chantal Richard (as appeared in the ACAL Newsletter of 2003 and the Solicitors Journal of September 2003)

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Complexity of Group Action Costs by Jonathan Houghton  & Paul Durkin as appeared in the ACAL Newsletter of 2003 and the APIL Newsletter of August 2003

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Child Abuse - a Conspiracy of Lies told by Ventriloquist Lawyers? by Peter Garsden (ACAL Newsletter November 2002)

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The Irish Redress Board by Peter Garsden (ACAL Newsletter November 2002)

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Protocol for Child Abuse? by Peter Garsden (ACAL Newsletter February 2002 & APIL Newsletter October 2002)

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Meeting with an M.P. by Jonathan Houghton (ACAL Newsletter February 2002)

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Legal Aid Pitfalls by Samantha Follows (ACAL Newsletter February 2002)

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House of Lords Revolutionise Child Abuse Law by Peter Garsden (Family Law Journal Sept 2001)

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CICA and the Current Climate by Jonathan Houghton (ACAL Newsletter July 2001)

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Your Client’s Character and the CICA by Michael Lord (ACAL Newsletter November 1999)

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Tensions between Criminal & Civil Investigations by Peter Garsden (ACAL Newsletter November 1999)

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Abuse and Vicarious Liability by Nick Holmes (ACAL Newsletter November 1999)

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Should the CICA judge victims? By Peter Garsden (ACAL Newsletter June 1999)

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