Father Patrick Smythe, Parish Priest of Our Lady of Kirkstall within the Diocese of Leeds, has been charged with four counts of indecent assault on four boys aged under 16. These offences are said to have taken place in Leeds and Skipton between 1979 and 1983.

National newspaper The Times has launched anew listing of the UK’s 200 best law firmsand we’re pleased to confirm thatwe have been listedand praised for our work in a number of specialist areas. These areas includeChild Abuse compensationandClinical Negligence.

Greater Manchester Police have announced  that they have arrested 3 men in relation to sex and drugs offences against children as part of Operation Green Jacket, a large police investigation into child sexual exploitation (“CSE”) in the city. 

In 2016 David Greenwood wrote about Jack Mount, who was facing over 50 charges relating to sex offences against children. The trial, which was due to commence in June 2016, was unable to go ahead due to Jack Mount’s ill health. The Court deemed him unfit to stand trial.

A further 15 men have been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into historic child abuse offences in Rotherham, Operation Stovewood, which is being headed by the National Crime Agency.

In July 2019 after 7 weeks of hearings, countless witnesses and tens of thousands of pages of evidence the IICSA Anglican hearings came to an end. At that point all those following closely knew what had gone wrong and why.

The inquest into the death of Baby Wynter Andrews concluded yesterday, with the coroner stating that “obvious neglect” had contributed to Wynter’s death.

Our Child Abuse department is currently investigating abuse of children and young people placed in Stamford House Remand Centre on Goldhawk Road, Shepherd’s Bush, in the 1970s and 1980s.