BLM | United Kingdom | 10 Jan 2018
Identifying child sexual abuse especially in an institutional setting is the first and often most important step in protecting children and preventing…
BLM | United Kingdom | 18 Aug 2017
The costs associated with funding inquiries are not usually the main focus when an inquiry is set up; attention is given to the scope of the…
BLM | United Kingdom | 2 Aug 2017
On 28 July 2017, the Bill to retrospectively abolish limitation in cases of childhood abuse received Royal Assent. The Limitation (Childhood Abuse)…
BLM | United Kingdom | 5 Jul 2017
Across the UK in the last three years, 22 police forces have cumulatively reported an increase of 44% or 7,000 sexual offences involving children and…
BLM | United Kingdom | 22 Jun 2017
The third and final legislative stage of the Bill to retrospectively abolish limitation for cases of personal injury arising from childhood abuse took…
BLM | United Kingdom | 19 Jun 2017
Sir Anthony Hart, Chairman of the Historic Institutional Abuse Inquiry (HIAI), took the unusual step of releasing a statement last week. The Terms of…
BLM | Australia, United Kingdom | 12 Jun 2017
The four active national abuse inquiries are all at the moment running smoothly, a positive step for the inquiries in Scotland and England and Wales…
BLM | United Kingdom | 24 Apr 2017
The Scottish Parliament has confirmed that it will debate the Limitation Abolition Bill, at Stage 1, in the afternoon of Thursday 27 April. In other…