| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2011] All ER (D) 235 (Oct) |
| Neutral Citation: | [2011] EWHC 2745 (QB) |
| Court: | Queen's Bench Division |
| Judge: | Judge Hampton |
| Representation | Justin Levinson for the claimants. |
| John Norman for the defendants. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 21 October 2011 |
Catchwords
Child - Care - Local authority - Claimants being brothers and sisters - Claimants living in area for which defendant local authority responsible - Claimants being victims of serious sexual abuse perpetrated by their father - Authority becoming aware of sexual abuse - No charges brought against father and authority closing case - Whether authority failing to investigate adequately.
The Case
Child Care. The Queen's Bench Division held that in circumstances where the claimants had been the victims of serious sustained sexual abuse perpetrated by their father, there had been a failure by the defendant local authority to investigate and analyse the background to the abuse and the relationships within the family adequately.
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