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Court of Appeal overturns landmark abuse claim
18 August 2022 | Insurance & Health LawThe NSW Court of Appeal has overturned the decision of a lower court and, in the process, provided some much needed guidance on common evidentiary issues presenting in abuse claims.
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Permanent stays: when a fair trial is possible
16 August 2022 | Insurance & Health LawThe Supreme Court of Victoria has declined to order a permanent or even temporary stay for a historical abuse claim from the 1970s.
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Limitation period extended in foster care sexual abuse case
7 July 2022 | Insurance & Health LawThe Queensland Court of Appeal held that new evidence of prior knowledge by the respondents of sexual misconduct by a foster child placed in the appellant’s care was a ‘material fact of a decisive character’ under section 31 of the Limitation of Actions Act 1974. The court made an order to...
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NSW Court of Appeal reverses lower court decision and grants permanent stay of historical abuse claim
1 July 2022 | Insurance & Health LawPermanent stay application granted on appeal in respect of historical abuse claim where the alleged perpetrator died in 1996.
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Sexual abuse claim from 1966 permanently stayed
29 June 2022 | Insurance & Health LawApplication by Defendant to permanently stay proceedings successful in case where alleged abuse occurred over 5 decades ago.
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Permanent stay of proceedings – an exceptional remedy
29 June 2022 | Insurance & Health LawThe granting of a permanent stay of proceedings is an exceptional remedy appropriate only in exceptional circumstances. The Court of Appeal considers whether an absence of evidence in claims alleging abuse is sufficiently ‘exceptional’.
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