Abuse in Religious Institutions
Our abuse law team can assist survivors with claims involving abuse in religious institutions or by people connected with those institutions, and has done so
redress.
Legal breakthrough in Child Migrant compensation
Lawyers in Victoria have worked out a legal means of winning compensation cases for former child migrants. Several cases involving former child migrants have now
National Redress Scheme: We pinpoint the failures
The plight of abuse survivor David Francis, as covered by ABC News, highlights the grave failures of the National Redress Scheme for survivors of sexual
New workplace sex abuse and harassment Redress Scheme set up for police
While a new Redress Scheme has been set up to compensate police for sexual abuse and harassment, it may not be your best option for
Catholic Church has $30 billion. What about redress?
A recent investigation undertaken by the Age has revealed that the Catholic Church currently owns real estate and other assets in Australia to the estimated
To litigate or not to litigate? The Federal Redress Scheme
Update on the Commonwealth’s response to child abuse As the Commonwealth Government’s Redress scheme continues to be debated, we address a question that many clients
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