SCOTLAND
Scottish Sun
By Matt Coyle
30th May 2017
THE Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry will focus on the abuse of children in care with the first hearings starting today.
The inquiry will raise public awareness of institutionalised abuse and reveal the reality of the suffering of child victims.
Senior judge Lady Smith is chair and will lead the inquiry. She has been a judge since 2001 and brings a wealth of experience.
The judge was appointed chair of the inquiry after lawyer Susan O’Brien QC quit the post along with another panel member, Prof Michael Lamb, last year.
When do the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry hearings start?
The first hearings of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry will start on Wednesday May 31, in Edinburgh.
It is one of the most far reaching public inquiries to take place in Scotland and the first round of hearings will see opening statements from the organisations asked to appear.
Expert witnesses will then discuss the laws governing children in care in Scotland up to 1968; the early development of care services in Scotland; attitudes towards children and the prevalence of child abuse in Scotland.
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