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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If Child Abuse Images were created by Artificial Intelligence, Who is to Blame?

It is reported that child sex offenders are now making fake images of child abuse victims using Artificial Intelligence software, which, once properly instructed, can generate an image of a child in a pornographic pose, when that image is not real but fake. The questions are, can anyone be prosecuted for producing such images, who
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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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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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