Month: May 2020
Most online grooming offences in UK committed on Facebook-owned apps | Child protection
More than half of online grooming offences recorded under a law that made it illegal to send sexual messages to children were committed on Facebook-owned apps, figures reveal. The data, […]
The Court retrospectively grants a time limited relocation of a child wrongly removed to, and retained in Sierra Leone
The father sought B’s summary return and issued these proceedings. The mother sought for B to remain in Sierra Leone until summary of 2022 when he will have completed his […]
Lewes sex abuser Jonathan Smith’s victim feels hope after his jailing – BBC News
‘A woman who was systematically abused as a child by a world-renowned music director has gone from “despair to hope” after seeing him finally jailed.’ Full Story BBC News, 22nd […]
Judge names council after deciding knowledge of its social services failures in care case outweighed risk of jigsaw identification of children
A judge has severely criticised the London Borough of Haringey’s child social services department, after deciding to name the council following an appeal by the Press Association over an earlier […]
Rotherham child sex abuse inquiry ‘to continue for years’
Rotherham child sex abuse victim ‘vindicated’
Watchdog reveals 8.8m attempts to access online child abuse in April | Society
Nearly 9m attempts to access child sexual abuse material online were made in the UK last month during the coronavirus lockdown, according to an internet watchdog. The Internet Watch Foundation […]
Should Final Hearing continue remotely? Judgment of Lieven J [2020] EWHC 1086 (Fam) – Broadway House Chambers
‘ The case deals with whether to proceed with lay evidence remotely or to adjourn part heard having heard the medical evidence over a period of 5 days via Zoom. […]
Inconsistent sentencing of Defendants in cases where sexual activity against children does not actually take place – Park Square Barristers
Inconsistent sentencing of Defendants in cases where sexual activity against children does not actually take place 12th May 2020 Nathan Davis This comment focuses upon two recent Court of Appeal […]
Reilly v Secretary of State for Education
This decision exemplifies the stricter approach the courts are now taking in disciplinary cases where the regulated person fails to attend a hearing. The Appellant was a teacher who was […]
Coronavirus: Sex workers ‘should have access to support fund’
play Coronavirus: Sex workers meet clients despite lockdown