Lessons from Lieven J – Local Government Lawyer
‘Holly Hilbourne-Gollop looks at a High Court judge’s realistic approach to obtaining evidence from children.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th November 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Category: sexual grooming
Twenty men jailed over child rape and sexual abuse in Calderdale – The Independent
‘Twenty men have been jailed for raping and abusing four girls in Calderdale, West Yorkshire Police has said. The men have been sentenced to a combined total of 219 years in prison in relation to sexual abuse carried out between 2001 and 2010, against four girls aged 12 to 16.’
The Independent, 6th November 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man faces jail over AI-generated child abuse images – BBC News
‘A graphic design student used artificial intelligence to create child abuse images that he then sold to other paedophiles.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Depraved’ stretch limo driver who raped and abused UK schoolgirls jailed – The Guardian
‘A “depraved” rapist who used a stretch limousine to abuse schoolgirls as young as 12 has been jailed for 24 years.’
The Guardian, 15th August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Ex-special constable raped girl months after leaving jail – BBC News
‘A former special constable who raped a 14-year-old girl four months after leaving prison has been jailed for a second time.’
BBC News, 8th July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Manchester teacher who groomed two boys jailed for six-and-a-half years – The Guardian
‘Rebecca Joynes, 30, was found guilty of six counts of sexual activity with a child, two while in a position of trust, after a trial in May.’
The Guardian, 4th July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Sex abuse head teacher ‘could have been stopped’ – BBC News
‘A head teacher convicted of grooming and sexually abusing four teenage girls could have been stopped, according to a parent whose daughter had unsupervised one-to-one sessions with him.’
BBC News, 1st July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rally official jailed for ‘sickening’ child abuse – BBC News
‘A rally driving official who committed “sickening” non-recent sex offences against a teenage girl in Lincolnshire has been jailed.’
BBC News, 10th June 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Child sex offender banned from teaching for life after online grooming conviction – The Independent
‘A Hampshire teacher convicted of online grooming has been banned from the classroom indefinitely.’
The Independent, 31st May 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Convicted paedophile banned from teaching – BBC News
‘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
One in nine child victims blamed by Met for their own abuse, watchdog finds – The Independent
‘Vulnerable children – who were often victims of abuse, neglect or sexual exploitation – were described as “making poor choices” in concerning language used by Metropolitan Police officers, according to damning report from the police watchdog, which also concluded that 12 in every 100 children were in some way blamed for their abuse.’
The Independent, 9th February 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal rejection of vicarious liability claim against school over abuse by work placement individual – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Supreme Court has refused a claimant permission to appeal over the Court of Appeal’s dismissal of her claim that a school was vicariously liable for sexual abuse by an individual who had undertaken a work experience placement.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th January 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Police ‘left children at mercy of grooming gang paedophiles’ in Rochdale – The Independent
‘Girls were “left at the mercy” of paedophile grooming gangs for years in Rochdale because of failings by senior police and council bosses, a report has said.
The damning 173-page review covers 2004 to 2013 and sets out multiple failed investigations by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) and apparent local authority indifference to the plight of hundreds of youngsters, mainly white girls from poor backgrounds, all identified as potential victims of abuse in Rochdale by Asian men.’
The Independent, 15th January 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police still victim blaming in grooming gang cases, watchdog finds – The Guardian
‘The inquiry by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) comes more than a decade after scandals in Rotherham and Rochdale came to light, revealing failings by the authorities that left gangs of men free to attack vulnerable young girls.’
The Guardian, 8th December 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
BNE [2023]: Disclosure and the use of child decoy profiles in sexual communication cases – Park Square Barristers
‘The Appellant was charged with attempted sexual communication with a child (count 1) and attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity (count 2) after communicating with a decoy profile (‘X’).’
Park Square Barristers, 31st October 2023
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
Vicarious Liability – where are we now? – Gatehouse Chambers
‘Vicarious liability has been a hot topic for more than five years. Every time you look away there seems to have been a new judgment. The Supreme Court has had three goes (WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC v Various Claimants[1], Barclays Bank PLC v Various Claimants and Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXB) at installing some kind of flood defences to keep the tide of vicarious liability within boundaries and each time the tide retreats a little. MXX v A Secondary School is an example of the tide retreating a little since BXB. It is a reminder that the most difficult hurdle for claimants to overcome in the two stage test of vicarious liability for non-employees is the second part of the test – the close connection.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 20th October 2023
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
Former children’s holiday camp manager jailed for online child sex abuse offences – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A former children’s holiday camp manager who posed as a teenage girl in order to groom children online has been jailed.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 1st November 2023
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Vicarious liability for abuse – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Can a school be vicariously liable for abuse perpetrated against a pupil by an adult on work experience? The Court of Appeal addressed this question in the above case and, unusually, overturned some of the findings of fact of the trial judge.’
Law Society's Gazette, 1st November 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Five men jailed for sexually abusing two girls in Rochdale – The Guardian
‘Five men from Rochdale have been sentenced to between eight and 20 years in prison after being found guilty of grooming and abusing two girls between 2004 and 2006.’
The Guardian, 31st October 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
MXX v A Secondary School [2023] EWCA Civ 996 – 3PB
‘In the ever-increasing cases concerning grooming/abuse, the Court of Appeal’s decision provides helpful guidance in the context of work experience employment and vicarious liability.’
3PB, 5th September 2023
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
