What Effect Does “False Memory” Syndrome Have On Victims/survivors of Abuse?

I have been contacted recently by two sets of authors both planning to do articles on False Memory Syndrome (intentional lack of inverted commas), for both a book and an article – see link at the end of this article – to which I gladly contributed, and which inspired me to write about the subject.
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Will the government consultation on Time Delay in Child Sexual Abuse cases change the law by abolishing Limitation?

The Government has launched a consultation, the deadline for which is 10th July 2024, to which I will be responding on behalf of ACAL (Association of Child Abuse Lawyers) The summary states, to quote This consultation paper seeks views on options for the reform of the law of limitation in child sexual abuse cases in
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Is The Introduction of Mandatory Reporting Worthwhile or Just Some Election Showboating?

The campaign for the introduction of Mandatory Reporting (failure to report child abuse by those in the child care area either witnessed or reasonably suspected should be a criminal offence) is several years old, and has been brought in by a Tory Party which is approaching an election with polls not looking favourable for them.
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1 year anniversary and no legislation from the Home Office in response to IICSA Report into child abuse

When Teresa May set up the Public Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in 2014, we had a Prime Minister who regarded Child Sexual Abuse and the eradication thereof as her top priority in government. The inquiry took 8 years, cost hundreds of millions of pounds, and, it appears, achieved practically nothing. Hence, a number of
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What do commentators think of the Home Office response to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse Report?

When I first read the Home Office reaction to the report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, which took a long time, so convoluted was its style, that I wondered whether my initial reaction was a correct one, and would align with others. You can read my earlier article here. Whilst hindsight is
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Home Office Respond to Final Report of Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse

Final Report The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (“IICSA”) published its final report with 20 Recommendations on 22nd October 2022. I commented on the report and the recommendations in a previous post here. The Inquiry opened in 2015. The report was the culmination of 725 witnesses during 325 days of public hearings, hearing from
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Home Office delay responding to IICSA Report

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) published its report on 22nd October 2022. The Report was comprehensive and insisted upon a response from government within 6 months ie before 22nd April 2023. With 2 days to go before the deadline, the Home Office have stated that they will not be able to reply
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Is Sexual Exploitation Racist?

Rishi Sunak, and Suella Braverman have been very vocal recently about grooming gangs, saying that we have to crack down harder upon them. Yvette Cooper, Shadow Home Secretary, has been complaining that the Tory Government has not done enough to deal properly with the sexual exploitation of young teenagers. It is somewhat ironical that 2
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