AUSTRALIA
ABC News
A Newcastle solicitor specialising in compensation for survivors of child sexual abuse says he would welcome the removal of the statute of limitations on historic abuse claims.
In New South Wales, victims of child sexual abuse typically have between three and 12 years to sue for damages, but the government is considering extending or scrapping the time limit.
Peter Kelso said although the limitation seems arbitrary, when it was first introduced legislators would not have been considering its impact on victims of historic sex abuse.
“There would be no way they would have been thinking about historical child sex abuse case,” he said.
“They would have been thinking purely about cases like workers compensation, slip and fall, motor vehicle accidents – that sort of thing.
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