Access to Care Records

The Access to Care Records campaign is an ongoing effort to amend the law to allow care leavers full access to their care records. Peter Garsden, is a member of the Access to Care Records Campaign Group (ACRCG), which includes significant people such as Jim Goddard of the Care Leavers Association, Baroness Lola Young, Leonie
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Mandatory Reporting

What is Mandatory Reporting? In its most basic form it is an obligation on the part of those who are in contact with children to report any abuse which they either suspect or witness to someone in a position of power. It is the law in most European Countries, some parts of the USA, Australia,
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Time Delay Laws in Child Abuse Cases should be abolished

We have been working for the repeal of time limits in child abuse cases for decades since, in general, the courts do not treat survivors who wish to seek justice against their abuser through a civil claim compassionately. The Law Abuse claims are currently subject to the same time limits as personal injury claims, in
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Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse publishes final report

On 20th October 2022 IICSA (Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse) published its final report which ran to over 400 pages, and included within its copious volumes 20 recommendations which have been posted online as a handy pdf file entitled “rapid reads” For those who wish to see more detail of the actual text there
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Child abuse ‘Solicitor of the Year’ gives interview to Law Society Gazette

During the 2015 Law Society Excellence Awards, which recognise the most exceptional legal practitioners in their profession, Peter Garsden, a child abuse lawyer, was named Solicitor of the Year for his work representing child abuse victims since 1994. Peter filed his first claim in 1994 on behalf of an adult who had been sexually abused
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Supreme Court has made “failure to care” cases against Local Councils troublesome

The case that started all the problems A landmark case called Poole Borough Council v CN & Another [2019] UKSC 25 created legal uncertainty in the area of “failure to care” cases when it went to the Supreme Court in 2019. So severe are the problems that another 2 cases will be heard by the
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Ampleforth College

The English Benedictine Congregation and other Roman Catholic religious orders make up one of the 13 strands of the Independent Investigation into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA). In April 2017, it was announced that Ampleforth College in Yorkshire would be used as a case study for inquiries into other institutions, but what happened at the college?
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St. Ambrose College, Altrincham – Catholic priest jailed for nine years guilty of child sexual abuse

Reverend Alan Morris, a church deacon who sexually abused ten schoolboys while scolding them, was sentenced to nine years in prison. In November 2012, he was arrested at his house in Hale following a police complaint. The complaint was filed by an ex-student who attended a baptism ceremony in which Morris was involved. The crimes
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Stockport Child Abuse Solicitor Picks Up Top Award at Legal Oscars

Child abuse solicitor, Peter Garsden of law firm Abney Garsden solicitors based in Cheadle Hulme, picked up the Solicitor of the year award at last night’s Law Society Excellence Awards held in London. Abney Garsden who are celebrating their 30th anniversary specialise in family law, wills & probate and abuse. It was the firm’s work with child
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