A free conference looking at issues related to the Child Abuse Inquiry has been scheduled in November by barristers’ chambers and aims to offer an inside look at the investigation.
The opening description reads like this:
“The reasons behind the recent resignations at the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (the Inquiry), the ongoing media debate about anonymity for the accused and/or deceased, the personal, financial and organisational costs of dealing with the impact of sexual abuse, the scope of and scepticism about the Inquiry investigations and how to provide support to those who have been abused are just some of the issues, challenges and topics of current relevance to non-recent sexual abuse allegations and how we ensure the protection of children today.”
It strikes us as odd that the first item listed relates to offering up reasons as to why an unusual number of lawyers have fled the Inquiry. Whether that’s because the entire exercise is just designed to repair any damage to the legal profession’s reputation- the media have bee invited to attend this event – or is simply a way to entice lawyers and journalists to come along, it’s unlikely that the truth will be offered up.
The conference is divided into five segments:
• Unfounded allegations/anonymity: ‘trial by media’ (panel debate)
• The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)
• Consent (debate)
• Abuse claims update
• Supporting victims and survivors
The panel members are:
• Harvey Proctor, former Member of Parliament for Basildon and Billericay
• Peter Skelton QC, Crown Office Row – counsel to the Accountability & Reparations
Investigation
• Anne Tiivas, Director, Child Protection in Sport Unit, NSPCC
• Samantha Cohen, 9 Bedford Row chambers
• David Greenwood, Director & Solicitor, Head of Child Abuse Department, Switalskis Solicitors
• Richard Scorer, Principal Lawyer, Head of Practice Improvement, Slater and Gordon Lawyers
• Jonathan Wheeler, Partner, Bolt Burdon Kemp
• Neil Block QC, William Norris QC and Bernard Doherty, 39 Essex Chambers
• Fintan Canavan, Frank Hughes, Paula Jefferson and Michael Pether, BLM
This event will be recorded. If you’d like to attend, you can register here, or call Ellie Hamilton on 0161 819 3250.
The event takes place on Monday 24th November, 2016 from 9am-5pm, and will be held at 39 Essex Chambers, 81 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1DD.
Thank you to Theresa Cooper for sharing this item with us.
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That’s very good I suggest the English enquiry listens more to their survivors and victims of csa they are the real voice here we should be listening to them
In Scotland survivors hold a conference to be their own enquiry like Shirley oaks did in London.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hear-our-voice-survivors-conference-tickets-22968203515
Survivors from Scotland and England A actor is speaking and a lady dr Lois lee who has their own safe houses schools and educational unit in America she flies in from Los Angeles to speak on CSA.
The Child Protection Task Force @ Justice For Children hosts its 2nd Scottish Conference at the queens hotel nethergate in Dundee
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Top Speakers will be Survivors Sandy Smith Carolyn Robinson, Lynn Stroyan,Peter Stewart Kelbie Justice for Alexina
From The USA Dr Lois Lee Children Of The Night @ Pamela Pine
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The IICSA terms of reference are,
” … the extent to which state and non-state organisations have failed in the duty of care to protect children from sexual abuse …”.
The question every parent should be asking is,
“how do I keep my child safe from organisational failures to meet the duty of care to protect children from sexual abuse”.
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http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/rude-unfair-liverpool-family-judge-10516035
What also is needed is an independent enquiry into the corrupt judges such as in the link of Judge Dodds, the help line hears from families far and wide and although Judges all over many are so corrupt or don’t care and so many families from Liverpool have lost their children due to the rude ignorance and don’t care of Judge Robert Dodds what an evil man and even if there was an inquiry into the likes of Judge Dodds will the children ever be returned to their families, The whole bloody system is so corrupt all for money or don’t give a dam.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/search/simple.do;jsessionid=7FC9B00F43EB588EECF56DDDB4253E7C?sortString=publishdate&searchString=judge+dodds&articleTypes=+news+opinion+advice+live-event+ive-event-clone&pageLength=5&destinationSectionId=6362&sortOrder=desc§ionId=6273&publicationName=liverpoolecho&pageNumber=4
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Ah now Liverpool again- the home of the witch trials- where protective mothers lost their children to abusers- even pedophiles.
Liverpool where orders from RCJ are ignored.
Where no written orders were made- so appeals could not happen.
All that paperwork is lodged with many professionals in different countries due to threats received by mothers and advocates.
This case- where not one solicitor would touch the case- 101- were tried and they all legged it….reminds me of the enquiry.
One had to see the corruption first hand to believe it.
The eye opener for me was the serious enabling of persecution by female judge and female barrister, etc.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1559451/Courts-wont-reveal-rulings-in-adoption-cases.html
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Opening Pandora’s Box comes to mind here.
Who wants the truth exposed and who wants to keep it hidden?
It is that simple.
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Having had personal experience of Dodds, he is an intelligent man, which tells me that as he is not an idiot, he must be complicit, he knows full well what he is doing, he allows perjury to go unpunished, even compliments the person who perjured herself, “She appears to be a very nice lady and I am not prepared to have her back in the witness box to be cross-examined at length” He followed this up by criticising the LA for allowing her to make her own statement (which had more holes than gorgonzola), which seemed to me to be an acknowledgement that she had lied on oath. In my opinion he is unfit to practice and should have been struck off. He was heavily criticised by Munby and went on long term sick leave, but he is back now dispensing his peculiar form of “justice?” once again.
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If only I was a wealthy women boy would I produce a stage production of all of the corruption in the care system, courts , cafcass social and the whole bloody lot of them and with the media reporting boy we would be sold out every night and then the Nation will see and hear the truth of the poor little children in this so called Britain and as I have always said the British children are the silent witnesses, perhaps there is a wealthy honest judge who wants to see justice so lets go and produce a play of the
CHILDREN SCREAMING TO BE HEARD,
FULL HOUSE EVERY NIGHT AND YOUR MONEY RETURNED.
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