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News and plain-English articles about abuse, support, the law and your options. Every article is checked against official sources, and read by a specialist, before we publish it.
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For survivors
No time limit for child sexual abuse claims in England and Wales
What the change in the law means if you were sexually abused as a child, and what it doesn’t change.
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Your rights as a victim of crime
What the Victims’ Code for England and Wales says you can expect from the police and the courts, and what to do if it isn’t followed.
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Scotland’s Redress Scheme: who it’s for
Who can apply, what the payments are, and what you’re asked to agree to before you accept one.
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For professionals
The mandatory reporting duty: what we know so far
Who the new reporting duty would apply to, what it would cover, and whether it has come into force.
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Frequently asked questions
Short answers to the questions people ask most. Every fact in them comes from our checked record.
Common questions
The questions people ask most: about this site, getting support, claims, the police and court, and medical experts.
Read common questions →Criminal injuries compensation (CICA)
Who can apply, the time limits, what it costs to apply, how much you could get and how long a decision takes.
Read the CICA questions →Civil claims
What a civil claim is, the time limits in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, legal aid and getting advice.
Read the civil claims questions →Redress schemes
Which schemes exist, who each one is for, and whether it’s open.
Read the redress questions →The police and court
Getting help without reporting, how to report, your rights as a victim, and giving evidence.
Read the police and court questions →Questions to ask a solicitor
A list you can take with you: their experience, how they would work with you, cost, and what happens next.
Read the questions to ask →Seeing a medical expert: what to expect
If you’ve been asked to see a doctor as part of a claim: why, who you’ll see, what happens, and who sees what you say.
Read what to expect →For support organisations: about your listing
For charities and helplines: what a listing in our Support Directory shows, how we check it, and how to change it.
Read about your listing →For solicitors
For solicitors: common questions
Who we are, membership, your listing in the Legal Directory, applying, training and medical experts.
Read the questions for solicitors →Solicitor membership
Who can join, what a member gets, what membership is not, and joining, renewing and leaving.
Read the membership questions →Your Legal Directory listing
What a listing shows, how survivors reach you, how a listing is kept right, and what we keep about your firm.
Read the listing questions →Applying to join
What to have ready, what happens after you apply, what the form asks, and what we do with an application.
Read the applying questions →Training, webinars and events
The training we plan, what membership includes, the Training Directory, and CPD.
Read the training questions →Medical experts and expert evidence
How the Expert Directory will work, what we check about an expert, experts’ duty to the court, and medical evidence.
Read the expert questions →What we tell survivors about the law
A summary for solicitors: the checked facts our guides give about time limits, compensation, redress, and the police and court.
Read the summary →How we check our articles
Our articles follow the same rules as the rest of the site. Every fact is checked at its source, we show when we last checked it, and a specialist reads each article before it’s published. Read how we check facts.
Articles give information, not legal or medical advice. We never publish anyone’s personal story.