Social Services have both statutory and common law duty to protect children from abuse – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted November 8th, 2011 in child abuse, duty of care, local government, news, social services by sally

“This case concerned the entitlement to compensation for the years of abuse the claimants, three brothers a sister, the youngest, who had suffered at the hands of their father. The older claimants had both suffered regular abuse from an early age until late teens. The third claimant escaped the prolonged abuse suffered by his brothers. The fourth claimant, who was conceived after the defendant social services became aware of the situation, nevertheless endured abuse for five or six years.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 8th November 2011

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