Access to Care Records Campaign Group

14/10/2024

I have been contacted recently by two sets of authors both planning to do articles on False Memory Syndrome - to which I gladly contributed, and which inspired me to write about the subject. The important question for someone who deals with victims/survivors of abuse all the time is: What effect does a challenge to the truth of their evidence have upon them, and their feelings?

I have been contacted recently by two sets of authors both planning to do articles on False Memory Syndrome (intentional lack of inverted commas), for both a bo

27/09/2024

In this Article, I discuss the Harrods Al Fayed scandal, gleaned from news articles, and comment upon the legal hurdles all the Claimants will have to jump if they are to win in the Courts. I also discuss the proposed redress scheme, and how much easier it would be if just some of the recommendations of IICSA (Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse) were brought onto the statute book.
, Fayed, abuse inquiry

Introduction I must admit that I thought we had come to the end of all the celebrity abuse scandals until I realised that no one challenged the all powerful,

19/09/2024

Delighted to be supporting the Survivors Trust at their conference in sunny Shropshire

07/09/2024

I report upon a Legal Loophole in child abuse law whereby private tutors of children can practice without having a vetting check through the national service, even when they are facing trial for offences of child abuse, a loophole that needs filling by urgent legislation. Let us hope that a prime minister who rewrote policy on child abuse whilst head of CPS will do the right thing by victims of abuse as Prime Minister.

When I hear Angus Crawford of the BBC promoting an article, I always know that a valid child abuse story is going to eventuate. The fact that there is a loophol