Siobhán Crawford

It's Hats for Headway day! Whilst it's a day of fun it's important to remember why it exists - my blog explains a bit about that here: tinyurl.com/3ynya7xa

Terry Etherton Former master of the rolls dies at 73

Lord Etherton GBE, a distinguished appeal judge and master of the rolls from 2016 until his retirement at the beginning of 2021, died last night. He was 73.

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When you can’t handle a legal case on your own: understanding mental capacity and how the law can help | Bolt Burdon Kemp Suffering a brain injury can turn life upside down. It’s a lot to take in – managing daily life, treatment and recovery – so the thought of bringing a legal claim might feel overwhelming. But the law ...

Capacity when litigating can be hard to navigate but hopefully my blog sheds some light on how it works in practice: tinyurl.com/za28ajde

Centrist dads must get out of comfort zone to combat manosphere Men must engage with issues like pornography, the imbalance in childcare, the gender pay gap, men’s mental health, and gender-based violence

Thanks to Finian Murphy for writing this piece in today's Irish Examiner calling on men - especially 'centrist Dads' - to take on the manosphere. Look at all the positive role models out there for our boys.

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Our Chief Operating Officer, Rhicha Kapila writes in today’s New Law Journal on the impact of cutting funding for level 7 apprenticeships in the legal sector. We’re campaigning for a rethink – as this funding can help open the door to a legal career for many. https://tinyurl.com/8d9j7896

Former Christian camp leader David Fletcher accused of abuse and cover-up linked to John Smyth | Bolt Burdon Kemp A respected Christian camp leader who covered up paedophile John Smyth’s serial abuse has been accused of sexually abusing girls. David Fletcher led the Iwerne Christian holiday camps in Dorset, a rol...

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Lawyer makes Gino D'Acampo scandal prediction and hopes it's a TV 'wakeup call' This Morning chef Gino D'Acampo is facing allegations of "sexually inappropriate" behaviour over a period spanning more than 12 years and has firmly denied the claims

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Can I bring a claim for intimate image-based abuse? | Bolt Burdon Kemp Intimate image-based abuse has captured the nation’s attention after high-profile cases involving reality TV stars Georgia Harrison and Vicky Patterson. However, it is not just celebrities who experie...

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French court hears another sexual violence case: Surgeon accused of abusing anaesthetised children | Bolt Burdon Kemp A major child abuse trial is set to begin in Vannes, north-west France, as former surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec faces allegations of sexually assaulting or raping 299 children. Most of his alleged victims...

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How far does Bianca Censori have to go for someone to intervene? As the model goes completely nude on the red carpet, Olivia Petter asks just how much longer this can go on for until someone raises concerns for her wellbeing

COMMENT | As the model goes completely nude on the red carpet, Olivia Petter asks just how much longer this can go on for until someone raises concerns for her wellbeing

New laws to target AI-generated child sex abuse | Bolt Burdon Kemp The UK is set to become the first country to make AI–generated child sexual abuse images illegal. Four new laws will specifically target the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the creation of chil...

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Witness appeal- Abuse by Richard Collins, former teacher at Cranleigh School, Surrey | Bolt Burdon Kemp Bolt Burdon Kemp is appealing for information about Richard Collins, a former teacher at Cranleigh School in Surrey. I represent a client who has instructed me to bring a claim against the school for ...

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Met Police officer charged with sexually assaulting three men and woman A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with sexual offences against three men and a woman

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There are just over two weeks left to apply for the 2024/25 11KBW Scholarship for Black Students on the Bar Course. The successful applicant will receive £30,000 during their Bar Course studies. The deadline for applications is 11:59 GMT on Friday 7 February 2025. Full details: 11kbwscholarship.com

Calls for Home Office to protect asylum seekers after accommodation violence Exclusive: NGOs say safeguarding policies need improving, as victims tell of multiple assaults and incidents of race hate

“I thought this man was going to kill me. [The] Home Office has finally agreed to move me but I’m having problems sleeping because every time I close my eyes I see that knife.”

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Chair of child sexual abuse inquiry calls Tory response ‘awful, inconsequential’ Prof Alexis Jay says reaction of former home secretary Suella Braverman angered victims and survivors

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McDonald's slammed over 'abhorrent abuse of power' in sex for shifts scandal Hundreds of teenage workers are suing fast food giant McDonald's - with some claiming their managers demanded sex in exchange for shifts on the rota - others say they were bullied

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There's something even more sickening about drink spiking when it's happening in the places that passes laws to protect victims of crime...

Police probe ‘spiking’ incident in UK parliament A parliamentary researcher alerted bar staff and security to her drink being tampered with.

Police are investigating after a woman reported having her drink spiked in one of the bars on the UK's parliamentary estate.

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Doctor jailed after sexually assaulting women during fake intimate 'examinations' | Bolt Burdon Kemp A doctor who carried out unnecessary intimate examinations and procedures on women has been jailed for eight years. Dr Wayne Davis, a former GP from Salford, was sentenced on 13th January, 2025, after...

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MP launches legal action against Andrew and Tristan Tate over social media posts Lawyers for MP Sorcha Eastwood say she is taking legal action against the influencer brothers for social media posts they published the day after she spoke about abuse in parliament.

MP Sorcha Eastwood has launched legal proceedings against Andrew Tate and his brother over social media posts. The posts were from Friday, the day after the politician told the House of Commons that she was a "survivor of abuse".

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How many Telfords before we get serious about child grooming? | Jess Phillips Sexual exploitation scandals won’t just go away – we must reach vulnerable children before the grooming gangs do, says the Birmingham MP Jess Phillips

Phillips wrote this is 2018. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In 2010 she was working for Women's Aid and funding refuges.

It's so so fucked up to incite violence against the woman fighting hardest to protect women, and the only aim is to silence and punish Jess Phillips

Grooming still happening in Oxford, ex-detective says Simon Morton says perpetrators are operating in plain sight and the

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“a child sexual abuse survivor, who cannot be named, who said the focus in recent days has been misplaced with much of the debate surrounding whether there should be a public inquiry, rather than on what can be done to help victims.”

Deepfake porn: why we need to make it a crime to create it, not just share it The invisible threat of deepfake porn now pervades the lives of women and girls

The debate continues on BBC #WomansHour this morning.
I'll be discussing UK Gov't plans to criminalise *creating* sexually explicit deepfakes with @cathynewman.bsky.social
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Listen to his powerful, exclusive interview, out now 👇

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Andrew Norfolk, the reporter who broke the story of the grooming gangs scandal in 2011, wants to "set the record straight".

He tells us...

Musk is weaponising the real trauma of sexual violence to groom low information social media consumers, sniffing out their vulnerability to disinformation abuse, and exploiting it.
It's also predatory. And very, very dangerous.

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New UK Gov't plans to tackle image-based abuse & #deepfakes: positive plans but many questions remain
👏Formal confirmation of bold move to criminalise *creating* sexually explicit deepfakes
👏new offences criminalising taking any intimate images w/out consent inc downblousing ⬇️