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committed to injured people
A not-for-profit organisation
committed to injured people

Child abuse group
(356 members)

Date of next meeting

22 Jan 2025, 18:00 to 20:00

APIL is delighted to announce a special in-person meeting, which is being organised by
coordinators Rebecca Sheriff and Richard Sweetman of APIL's Child Abuse special interest group.

The meeting will take place on:
Wednesday, 22nd January between 18:00 - 20:00.

Introduction

Rebecca Sheriff
APIL's Child Abuse special interest group co-ordinator
Bolt Burdon Kemp

Richard Sweetman
APIL's Child Abuse special interest group co-ordinator
Irwin Mitchell

Legal Update – Abuse Claims

Justin Levinson
1 Crown Office Row
 

Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) claims for Abuse Survivors

Sarah Brumpton
CICA Team at Irwin Mitchell

There will be a Q&A session at the end of the group meeting.


Speakers

Time
18:00 to 20:00
1 CPD hour

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Details of previous meetings

7 Nov
2022
17:00 to 19:00

Child abuse

  • Introduction
  • Legal Update on failure to remove/protect claims following the Court of Appeal Judgement in HXA & YXA v Surrey CC & Wolverhampton CC
  • Update and Discussion regarding IICSA’s Final Report due to be published on 20 October 2022
Presented by: Kim Harrison, Justin Levinson, David McClenaghan, Richard Scorer & Richard Sweetman
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26 Apr
2021
17:00 to 18:00

Child abuse

  • Introduction and APIL activity update
  • The recent Court of Appeal decision in The Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXB (EWCA 2021)
Presented by: Thomas Beale, James Counsell KC, David McClenaghan & Richard Sweetman
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14 Jan
2020
18:00 to 20:00
London

Child abuse

  • Defendant’s perspective on CN v Poole
  • Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse update
  • APIL activity update
Presented by: Luke Daniels, Kim Harrison, David McClenaghan & Paul Stagg
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23 Apr
2019
18:00 to 20:00
London

Child abuse

  • APIL update
  • Child abuse and memory
  • Novel approaches to claims involving Adult Victims
Presented by: Benjamin Bradley, James Counsell KC, David McClenaghan & John F Morgan
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8 Mar
2018
18:00 to 20:00
London

Child abuse

  • APIL campaign activity at a glance
  • Failure to remove cases – the impact of CN v Poole
Presented by: Colin Ettinger & Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel KC
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13 Oct
2016
17:30 to 19:30
London

Child abuse

  • APIL campaign activity at a glance
  • Claims against police and protecting authorities involving sexual abuse and rape
  • Vicarious Liability for Fostering and Other Things
Presented by: Patrick Sadd, Jonathan Wheeler & Harriet Wistrich
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9 Oct
2014
17:30 to 19:30
Manchester

Child abuse

  • Treatment of victims of sexual abuse
  • Child Protection and State Intervention in 2014
  • APIL activity
Presented by: Leon Rozewicz & Linda Sweeney
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20 Nov
2013
17:30 to 19:30
Manchester

Child abuse

  • Quantum issues in failure to remove cases
  • DSM V - what you need to know about the significant changes in the diagnostic classification
  • The criminal practitioner's perspective
  • Current EC activities within APIL
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14 Mar
2013
18:00 to 20:00
London

Child abuse

  • The role of ATE insurers after Jackson
  • Cost budgeting and proportionality after Jackson
  • Legal Aid after Jackson
  • Current EC activities within APIL
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20 Sep
2012
17:30 to 19:30

Child abuse

  • Criminal Convictions in Compensation Claims - using a defendant's convictions to prove your claim
  • Claims against abusers themselves
  • Jersey Historic Abuse Redress Scheme - the long road to redress
  • Current EC activities within APIL
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29 Feb
2012
18:30 to 20:30
London

Child abuse

  • Rape Cases: Compensation Matters
  • CICA Claims of sexual assault/child abuse
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20 Jan
2011
18:00 to 20:00

Child abuse

  • 6 hot topics in child abuse litigation
  • Current EC activities within APIL
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14 Sep
2010
18:00 to 20:00

Child abuse

  • Bryn alyn child abuse group litigation
  • Current EC activities within APIL
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24 Jun
2010
18:00 to 20:00

Child abuse

  • Rhetoric or Reality? Do Roman Catholic dioceses respond appropriately to child sexual abuse by their clergy?
  • Current EC activities within APIL
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21 Jan
2010
18:00 to 20:00

Child abuse

  • The writing of the novel - Nick Dane
  • Creating Abuse Studies: Filing a crucial gap in professional understandings of the field.
  • An update on the activities of APIL's executive committee
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24 Sep
2009
18:00 to 20:00

West Midlands

  • Mental capacity and aspects of trauma associated with abuse.
  • Damages in Fatal Accident Cases.
  • An update on the activities of APILs executive committee.
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24 Jun
2009
18:00 to 20:00

Child abuse

  • Child Abuse and public enquiries.
  • Part 8 reviews.
  • Threshold Criteria.
  • An update on the activities of APILs executive committe.
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26 Feb
2009
18:00 to 20:00

Child abuse

  • Legal Services Funding of Child Abuse Cases.
  • Legal Services Commission - Independant Adjudication.
  • Child abuse claims - costs.
  • Update on the activities of APIL's executive committee.
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25 Sep
2008
18:00 to 20:00

Child abuse

  • Proactive investigations and intelligence in the paedophile unit.
  • Child abuse and the internet.
  • Update on the activities of APIL's executive committee.
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19 Jun
2008
18:00 to 20:00

Child abuse

  • Shaken Baby CICA Cases
  • Ocular Manifestation of non-accidental injury
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