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letsdothis1 ago

One of the 3 judges at the trial:

Lord Justice Davis and Rotherham:

Fury as judges deny thousands of child abuse victims compensation after court ruling stops claims against local councils

Thousands of child abuse ­victims may be denied compensation after a court ruling stops claims against local councils.

Many of the abused will be unable to sue councils for negligence, even if records show social workers KNEW about their ordeals and failed to act.

Child abuse victims today told of their despair.

Crispin Davis is his brother

Sir Crispin Henry Lamert Davis, OBE (born 19 March 1949, England), is a non-executive director of GlaxoSmithKline PLC.[1] He is due to become a non-executive director of Vodafone Group plc with effect from 28 July 2014. Sir Crispin was the Chairman of StarBev Netherlands BV until 2012[2] and previously chairman of the board and the chief executive officer of Reed Elsevier Group PLC. He also served as the chief executive officer of Aegis Group PLC from 1994 until 1999. He was a board member at Guinness PLC, and the group managing director of United Distillers from 1990 to 1993. For twenty years, he served at Procter & Gamble, in senior positions in the United Kingdom, Germany, and North America.