Sexual abuse compensation

How we can help with sexual abuse claims

The abuse team have the breadth of experience to provide a holistic approach to the case you wish to bring. That means looking to the future as well as the past to establish what you need to obtain realizable justice.

We appreciate that compensation may mean accessing the services and opportunities you need to rebuild your life. This is why a holistic approach is necessary. We need to understand you so that we can do the best for you.

Our team of specialist sexual abuse solicitors have helped many people secure sexual abuse compensation. One of our team can offer you a free consultation to give you advice on making a claim. They can meet you at home, in our office, or any location you choose – or we can talk on the phone if you prefer.

Please don’t feel worried or embarrassed discussing your claim with one of us. We’ll deal with your case with great care and attention, and completely confidentially, to help you achieve the justice you deserve.

Our expertise in abuse claims

Partner, Alan Collins, leads our team of sexual abuse solicitors. Alan has helped many people who’ve suffered abuse with compensation claims and is one of the best-known solicitors in abuse litigation. Alan has acted in many high-profile cases, including the Jimmy Savile and Max Clifford abuse scandals. Alan represents clients in the UK and internationally and has worked on sexual abuse claims all over the world, including in Australia, Uganda, Kenya, and California.

Danielle Vincent specialises in sexual harassment claims. She also works with clients who have been abused during NHS examinations, teacher abuse and much more. She has significant experience of claims against local authorities for failure of social services and foster abuse/children’s home abuse.

How we act for our clients?

We listen; we do not simply hear.

We offer a confidential one-to-one service.

We will sit down with you and listen to what you have to tell us. We let you decide how best to go about telling us your story.

We provide frank and candid advice. Sometimes we have to advise that a claim is not possible, but you need to know that. You have the right to know where you stand and what your options are.

If you bring a claim with us, you are at its centre, and we will advise and help you all the way. We will ensure that your identity can be anonymised as this is often a reason why clients do not disclose.

We’ll help you gather the evidence you need to make a claim. Get the names and addresses of people who could be witnesses, including people you told about the abuse.

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)

Hugh James represents various core participants at the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse was set up in the wake of some serious high-profile instances of non-recent child sexual abuse and because the government had some very grave concerns that some organisations were failing and were continuing to fail to protect children from sexual abuse.

You can find more information on IICSA by visiting the website https://www.iicsa.org.uk/

Case studies

Filming without consent

We have successfully obtained settlement against our client’s co-worker who had secretly filmed him in the bathroom during the working day.

The individual had used his mobile phone to take the images of our client on at least one occasion without our client’s knowledge or consent.

The claim was brought directly against the individual rather than the employer as the act was not completed in the ‘course of employment or akin to employment’ which would have deemed the employers vicariously liable for the act.

We were able to negotiate with the perpetrator to come to an early settlement for psychological injury and loss of earnings which followed on from the incident.

Church of England vicar abused young boy

We recently represented a client who bravely disclosed the abuse he had suffered at the hands of his local vicar in the early 1980’s when he was a young boy.

The vicar in question had been accused previously of sexual misconduct against a child but after a short period was permitted to return to the church where he continued to abuse at least two other survivors.

In addition to conducting the civil claim, we were able to support the client while he attended the criminal trial and also with a media appearance in which our client spoke out against the abuser.

The claim was settled without the need for civil court proceedings. Our client also received an apology letter from the church which was important for him as the church recognised failings within the institution.

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Organisations that can help

• The Oak Centre in Exeter
• Clean Slate in Bicester
• The Survivors Trust
• Rape Crisis England and Wales
• Hope Survivors
• The Samaritans
• Womens’ Aid
• Support Line
• Nottingham Rape Crisis
• Safe Place Merseyside
• Someone Cares

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