AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
AAP
The scrapping of time limits on child abuse compensation claims in NSW are long overdue, says a lawyer who was involved in the notorious Fairbridge school case.
The NSW government has announced new legislation which will remove the limitation period in civil claims, and let child abuse survivors claim for damages regardless of the date of the alleged abuse.
The change is one part of the government’s response to the child sex abuse royal commission’s recommendations.
Slater and Gordon lawyer Roop Sandhu acted for former residents of the Fairbridge Farm School at Molong in country NSW and says the move is a step in the right direction.
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