Kathleen Marshall (solicitor)

Kathleen Anne Marshall (born 4 June 1953) is a British solicitor and legal scholar, specialising in child law. From 1989 to 1994, she was director of the Scottish Child Law Centre. From 2004 to 2009, she was Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People.[1] She has been involved in a number of inquiries into child abuse: she chaired the Edinburgh Inquiry into Abuse and Protection of Children in Care (report produced in 1999) and she chaired the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Northern Ireland (report produced in 2014).[2][3]

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  2. ^ "Professor Kathleen Marshall". Glasgow Centre for the Child & Society. University of Strathclyde. Retrieved 5 June 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Moriarty, Gerry (18 November 2014). "Over 140 children 'at risk' of sexual exploitation in Northern Ireland". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 June 2015.