States sued over child abuse and neglect

Tuesday 18th October 2011, 2:57PM BST.

Advocate Tim Hanson

LAWYERS acting for children who suffered lengthy sexual abuse and neglect, despite regular contact with States support services, are suing the Health Minister on their behalf.

The children were the subject of the Island’s first serious case review which concluded that social services, the courts, the police, schools and other agencies failed to stop an appalling cycle of abuse which continued over a 12-year period.

In that case, the Royal Court finally removed the children from their mother’s care in 2008, when Advocate Tim Hanson, who represented them, called for a serious case review.

Advocate  Hanson has confirmed that he has started legal proceedings seeking damages for alleged negligence, on behalf of the children, in the serious case review against Health Minister Anne Pryke, as the person responsible for the Health and Social Services department.

States sued over child abuse and neglect