Former Eastwood Park Detention Centre Officer, Patrick Devaney was sentenced on Friday 15 September at Bristol Crown Court to three and a half years imprisonment.
Caroline has worked in the legal sector for 23 years. She is a Solicitor in our Child Abuse Compensation department.
Switalskis Solicitors Ltd
19 Cheapside
Wakefield
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Caroline specialises in child abuse litigation including:
Caroline is a Legal Aid supervising solicitor and a member of the Association of Child Abuse Lawyers.
Caroline is an experienced child abuse solicitor having worked in this area since 2000. Her caring and sensitive approach to her clients and determination to achieve justice for survivors has brought closure to many individuals who have been through the most horrendous abuse.
Caroline has been the point of contact for the young offender institution complaints for the team, including Medomsley Detention Centre, Kirk Levington and Eastwood Park. She successfully negotiated the first non-adversarial scheme with the Ministry of Justice to compensate individuals who were mistreated during their sentence and continues to campaign for survivors of abuse.
“I would like to take this opportunity to say how well Caroline Chandler has handled my application with efficiency and sensitivity from start to finish. It has been very difficult to have to rehash the past after all these years, but I do understand what a major job it has been for all concerned.”
Child Abuse Compensation Client
Former Eastwood Park Detention Centre Officer, Patrick Devaney was sentenced on Friday 15 September at Bristol Crown Court to three and a half years imprisonment.
Former Eastwood Park Detention Centre Officer Patrick Devaney was due to be sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Friday 11 August having previously been convicted of misfeasance in public office in March 2023.
An update regarding civil claims against the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Council, following our investigations of abuse at Stamford House Remand centre.
Patrick Devaney, former PE instructor at Eastwood Park was convicted of Misfeasance in a Public Office. Devaney denied all charges.