APIL Guide to Child Abuse Compensation Claims has been written specifically for personal injury lawyers by practitioners with direct experience of the field. This new edition has been extensively revised and rewritten and now includes guidance on:

• Claims against public authorities
• Claims against the church
• Evidence and experts
• Funding and enforcement

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Elisabeth-Anne Gumbel QC, 1 Crown Office Row Chambers
Justin Levinson, 1 Crown Office Row Chambers
Malcolm Johnson, Principal, Malcolm Johnson & Co
Richard Scorer, Head of PI, Pannone LLP

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL)
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Table of Statutory Instruments

• The Background and History of Abuse Claims
• The Statutory Framework
• Causes of Action
• Causation and Damage
• Limitation
• Claims Against the Church
• Criminal Injuries Compensation
• Evidence and Experts
• Miscellaneous Points
• Funding and Enforcement

Appendix

• Recommended Reading

Index

"this authoritative book is a boon to PI lawyers and / or anyone in the position to advise victims of child abuse"

"highly recommended to practitioners who represent survivors of abuse, notably thoses who seek fair and just compensation for what has happened to them"

"scholarly and thorough treatment of this specialist subject written with clarity and humanity"

"extensively updated and revised"
Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, Richmond Green Chambers

Since the publication of Child Abuse Compensation Claims in 2001, the
law in this area is now far more developed, particularly in the areas of
limitation and liability. However, these cases continue to come before the
civil courts and they remain a constant focus for the media. All of the
authors are leading practitioners in their field, and they have worked
incredibly hard to produce a work that is now the definitive guide to this
challenging area of the law. In the Foreword to the 2001 publication,
Mr Justice Jackson (as he then was) called it a ‘work of scholarship’. The
2011 version is nothing less and I recommend it to all practitioners, who
represent survivors of abuse in their quest for fair and just compensation.

Tracey Storey
Partner, Irwin Mitchell and Secretary to the APIL Special Interest Group
on Child Abuse