Sexual Abuse Conference 2025

This webinar is aimed at professionals and organisations involved in supporting and assisting sexual abuse cases, and aims to strengthen the approach to sexual abuse, to prevent sexual abuse and to better support victims.

This session will offer a comprehensive case study, guiding attendees through the lifecycle of a civil abuse claim—from initial instruction to resolution. Designed to equip professionals with the tools and understanding required to support survivors in line with the Victims Code, the session will demystify key legal concepts and practical steps.

Speakers include:

Alan Collins, Hugh James
Danielle Vincent, Hugh James
Hannah Hodgson, Hugh James
Justin Levinson, Barrister, 1 Crown Office Row
Prof Jonathan Bissom, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
Prof Michael Salter, Director, Childlight (East Asia and Pacific)

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Prof Michael Salter, Director, Childlight (East Asia and Pacific)

Prof Jonathan Bissom, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

Professor Jenny Shaw

Alan Collins

Partner

Email: [email protected]

Contact number: 0808 501 6637

Expertise:

Alan Collins is one of the best known and most experienced solicitors in the field of child abuse litigation and has acted in many high profile cases, including the Jimmy Savile and Haut de la Garenne abuse scandals. Alan has represented interested parties before public inquiries including the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry, and IICSA (Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse).

Internationally, Alan works in Australia, South East Asia, Uganda, Kenya, and California representing clients in high profile sexual abuse cases. Alan also spoke at the Third Regional Workshop on Justice for Children in East Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok hosted by Unicef and HCCH (Hague Conference on Private International Law).

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Danielle Vincent

Senior Associate

Email: [email protected]

Contact number: 0808 501 6646

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Expertise:

Danielle is a Senior Associate in the Abuse Specialist Personal Injury Department. She specialises in representing survivors of abuse and has experience in bringing claims against a number of institutions as well as individual abusers.

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The HJ Talks About Abuse Podcast

This is the home of the HJ Talks About Abuse podcast. We hope that you feel like this is a safe place where you can learn about issues surrounding sexual abuse. We are lawyers so the podcast tends to focus on the legal aspects of the topics we look at, but we aren’t shy to speak out about the broader issues too.

We will cover a variety of topics, but if there is something that you feel we need to cover, please do get in touch and we will consider covering it in a future episode.

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Listen to the latest episodes of the HJ Talks About Abuse podcast using the player below or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify or Google to listen to the entire back catalogue of episodes.