On 19 June, we were honoured to join The Survivors Trust and ACT on IICSA for a vital webinar examining the Government’s response to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA).

Sussex police have launched an appeal for former residents and witnesses to come forward after they took statements from a number of former residents of adolescent units, Colwood and Larchwood in Haywards Heath.

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.

BBC Newsnight aired a special programme which looked at child sexual abuse and exploitation entitled 'A Nation's Shame: Grooming Survivors Speak'.

Our expert child abuse solicitors break down some of the less well-known symptoms that people may encounter following abuse. Often, recognising symptoms is the first step on the road to recovery.

Survivors of sexual abuse are coming forward and exposing what seems to be an endless list of crimes by high-profile abusers, including their partners, employers and celebrities.

At Switalskis, we represent hundreds of survivors of child sexual exploitation (CSE) across the country. Many of their stories reveal not only the horror of the abuse they suffered, but the institutional failures that allowed it to continue—unchecked and unchallenged—for far too long.

Our child abuse compensation team have recently represented Fiona, a survivor of child sexual exploitation and grooming in West Yorkshire. Her case forms part of a broader pattern of abuse that targeted vulnerable children in Keighley during the 1990s.