A recent report by the national Domestic Homicide Project has for the first time seen suspected victim suicide overtake intimate partner homicide as the largest cause of domestic abuse related deaths. Suicide is a major public health problem and a large contributor to UK deaths overall. Further, it has been shown that women who suffer […]
Care home negligence is an issue of growing concern, affecting the lives of many elderly and vulnerable individuals in care facilities. When negligence happens, the affected individual may be able to claim compensation through legal action.
Maternity services at hospitals in York and Scarborough have been rated “inadequate” and “requires improvement” by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after inspectors raised concerns about poor leadership and service users not being able to access services.
Earlier this month, 21 people were prosecuted for their involvement in the largest ever child sex abuse case. The case, investigated by West Midlands Police, involved seven children, all of whom were 12 years old or younger.
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) is a government run scheme which deals with compensation claims for individuals who have been physically or mentally injured because they were the victim of a violent crime. Read our blog post to find out more.
The term “brain injury” has a very broad meaning and so the damages awarded in these types of cases vary significantly depending on whether the injury is minor. Read our blog post to find out more.
John Lewis’s Christmas advert addresses the harsh reality of the number of children in foster care. Read our blog post to find out more.
March 18 is National Child Exploitation (CE) Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness of Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) and wider exploitation. The aim of the day is to encourage everyone to think, spot and speak out against abuse and adopt a zero tolerance attitude towards those adults who develop inappropriate relationships with children.
Throughout this week, our Abuse and Family teams have being supporting Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week.
As we continue to support Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week, our Abuse team explains how they may be able to assist survivors.
Join us in supporting the fifth Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week from 7th-13th February 2022.
The core value of the Dignity in Care campaign is to change the culture of care services by improving the quality of care and experiences received by users of care and support, whether that be in the community or in services such as care homes and NHS hospitals.
As part of our series of blogs supporting 16 days of Action Against Domestic Violence, we focus on the impact of domestic abuse on the mental health of victims.
Emotional abuse is a grey area within the realm of abuse as many people don’t know what constitutes emotional abuse or how it is perpetrated on an individual. Victims of emotional abuse believe that abuse is a ‘strong’ word and don’t think they are ‘abused’ but this is far from the truth.
Elder abuse is defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a single or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring in any relationship where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an older person. WHO further outlines that elder abuse constitutes a violation of human rights which can take the form of physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological/emotional abuse, financial abuse, neglect and serious loss of dignity and respect.
Safeguarding Adults Week encourages different organisations to join forces to highlight important safeguarding issues. This year’s overarching theme is “Creating Safer Cultures.” By promoting safer cultures, we are all working together to adopt proper policies and procedures to allow safeguarding concerns to receive effective responses.
Safeguarding experts have warned that a third of all children’s acute hospital beds in parts of England are being occupied by vulnerable children, who do not need acute medical care but have nowhere else to go.
As we acknowledge International Day of Charity on 5th September, it is important to raise awareness of the importance of volunteering and philanthropic activities. This day was established to mobilise and sensitise individuals across the globe to humanitarian crises and human suffering – in addition to the efforts of charitable organisations and individuals.
A young 12 year boy, prone to violent outbursts, was detained in hospital by 15 police officers last month.
This judgment could have significant repercussions on the government decision making process.
Social service referrals have increased by up to 40% in some of England’s most deprived communities since the pandemic began. Some local authorities are anticipated to overspend by up to £12m on children’s services this year as families continue to face problems arising from financial pressure, mental health problems and domestic violence.
An independent review has been commissioned following the arrests of nine men over the sexual exploitation of girls in the Bradford district since 2001.
It has recently come to light that the ‘cover up culture’ of Lambeth Council has led to more than 700 children in South London suffering cruelty and sexual abuse.
Justice Secretary Robert Buckland and Home Secretary Priti Patel have expressed how they feel “deeply ashamed” of the low conviction rates for rape cases in England and Wales.
As today is international day of innocent children victims of aggression it is important to shed light of child victims of the consequences of war. The six most common types of violations are recruitment and use of children in war, killing, sexual violence, abduction, attacks on schools and hospitals and denial of humanitarian access.
Today is International Missing Children’s day. A day to highlight missing children, those who have been found and those who have not yet been returned to their families.
Natalie Marrison, Partner and Head of Ramsdens Abuse Department, has featured in Platinum Magazine questioning whether or not the law in the UK needs updating to better protect women.
Natalie Marrison, Head of the Abuse Department at Ramsdens Solicitors, spoke to online magazine, Sputnik News about the death of Sarah Everard and the UK’s victim-blaming culture, saying that more needed to be done to erode this behaviour which results in women being expected to alter their behaviour and actions to protect themselves.
More than 9,000 allegations of sexual violence and abuse have been made by school pupils on Everyone’s Invited, a website dedicated to gathering testimonies from survivors as young as nine about their experiences.
A recent independent review into historical child sexual abuse has found that there have been significant institutional failings within the Football Association (FA).
