Amy has worked in the legal sector for 13 years. She is a Director in our Child Abuse Compensation team.
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Amy specialises in child sexual abuse compensation with a particular interest in claims involving child sexual exploitation and grooming. She has been heavily involved supporting victims of the Rotherham and West Yorkshire grooming scandals.
In addition, Amy has represented hundreds of survivors of abuse in South London, particularly in relation to the failings of the London Borough of Lambeth.
Amy is an active member of several related organisations:
Alongside her client work, Amy is the firm’s Training Principal responsible for our Qualifying Solicitors, Solicitor Apprentices and Graduate Solicitor Apprentices.
Amy's accreditations and awards include:
Amy has a common sense and transparent approach. Survivors of child abuse, understandably, often have difficultly trusting professionals. Amy’s approach is therefore to build a professional relationship with her clients at their own pace.
“The very first-time mum spoke to Amy she noticed how easy she was to talk to and how she felt at ease immediately. Given the circumstances of having to rake up traumatic past events, this alone was a great start to their relationship. Amy also contacted me to explain who she was and how she would be helping mum. I knew from that first conversation that Amy was the right solicitor to help mum with her case.
Throughout the whole process Amy has been compassionate, understanding and communicative. I believe mum would have found this whole process too stressful and may not have had the courage and strength to see it through if it wasn’t for Amy. Amy has been a great support, while maintaining her professionalism with her caring nature. Mum and I can’t thank Amy enough”
Child Abuse Compensation Client
Switalskis Solicitors has welcomed the decision by South Yorkshire Police (SYP) to transfer its investigation into allegations of child sexual abuse, corruption, and the facilitation of abuse by former officers to the National Crime Agency (NCA).
Switalskis child abuse compensation team has been working with survivors of the Rotherham grooming scandal for over a decade. During that time, our solicitors have repeatedly heard allegations not only of abuse by local gangs but also by South Yorkshire Police officers.
On 17 July David Greenwood and Amy Clowrey attended a screening at the House of Lords, hosted by Baroness Hazarika and included a raw and uncomfortable conversation about child sexual exploitation. Lots of issues were discussed and this article is written to try and summarise some of the key points from the conversation.
The government has this week unveiled a wide-ranging and long-overdue package of reforms in response to Baroness Louise Casey’s review into group-based child sexual exploitation.