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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