‘A primary school teacher has been banned from the profession after being convicted of making and distributing indecent photos of children, as well as attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child.’
BBC News, 29th May 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A world-renowned classical music conductor who pleaded guilty to a number child sex offences has been given a suspended prison sentence.’
BBC News, 28th May 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former taxi driver has been found guilty of committing child sex offences against two underage girls during the 2000s.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 24th May 2024
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A gang leader sentenced for sexually exploiting children in Rotherham has been convicted of another rape after a new victim came forward. Mohammed Imran Ali Akhtar, 42, who was already serving 23 years for child sex abuse crimes, was handed a 12-year prison term on Friday.’
The Independent, 26th May 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has outlined the need for a “new approach” to post-adoption contact, noting that letterbox contact can “no longer be seen as the appropriate regime for most cases”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd May 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A judge in Liverpool ordered social services to arrange face-to-face contact between a “scared” toddler and a mother charged with sexually abusing her, a court has heard.’
BBC News, 24th May 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “callous” nursery worker has been jailed for 14 years for killing a nine-month-old girl who was strapped face down to a beanbag for more than 90 minutes.’
The Guardian, 22nd May 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A complaint by OnlyFans about a BBC investigation which highlighted claims that child abuse images had originated on its site has been rejected by Ofcom.’
BBC News, 20th May 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “callous” nursery worker is facing years in jail after being convicted of killing a nine-month-old girl who died after being strapped face down to a beanbag for more than 90 minutes.’
The Guardian, 20th May 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Premier League boss has been granted a High Court anonymity order in a civil case against him for allegedly sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl.’
BBC News, 9th May 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal against a judge’s findings that fractures to both the tibias of a 10 month old girl had been inflicted either deliberately or recklessly by either her mother or father.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd May 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A former Metropolitan Police officer jailed for multiple counts of rape has been described as the “devil” and a “pathetic excuse of a man” by his victims.’
The Independent, 1st May 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘For claims concerning alleged failures by social services departments to remove children from situations of neglect and abuse, the sands continue to shift. Decisions of the Supreme Court in CN v Poole [2019] UKSC 25 and HXA and YXA [2023] UKSC 52 appear to have narrowed the scope of claims in negligence. Attention has increasingly turned to the scope of similar claims that may be brought pursuant to Article 3 of schedule 1 to the Human Rights At 1998, in particular, relying on the ‘operational duty’ to take reasonable preventative measures to protect a member of the public from a real and immediate risk of harm of which the authorities are or ought to be aware.’
Doughty Street Chambers, 22nd March 2024
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘A woman who was raped by her father has hit out at a catalogue of misogynistic police failings during her four-decade-long fight for justice.’
The Independent, 28th April 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The High Court has held that part of Westminster City Council’s Housing Allocation Scheme is unlawful, as it indirectly discriminates against women and girls who need to move borough to escape violence.’
Garden Court Chambers, 10th April 2024
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
‘As one of the largest “training” datasets has been found to contain child sexual abuse material, can bans on creating such imagery be feasible?’
The Guardian, 23rd April 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A man who raped a 15-year-old girl who could not swim after taking her out of her depth in the sea off Bournemouth beach has been sentenced to six and a half years’ detention.’
The Guardian, 19th April 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Paedophiles convicted of serious sexual offences could lose parental rights over their children under a new law.’
BBC News, 17th April 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal have allowed a challenge by the parents of a young girl to a finding made in care proceedings that, when she was a small baby, she suffered an abusive head injury inflicted by one or other of the parents.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th April 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A convicted sex offender accidentally given access by a law firm to a vulnerable child’s confidential information has been jailed for six months for not complying with court orders to delete it.’
Legal Futures, 16th April 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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