AUSTRALIA
Lawyers Weekly
Emma Ryan
The director of Bennett & Philp Lawyers has called for greater legislation surrounding sexual and physical abuse, saying current Queensland laws don’t go far enough and should be amended as a priority in 2017.
The director of Bennett & Philp Lawyers has called for greater legislation surrounding sexual and physical abuse, saying current Queensland laws don’t go far enough and should be amended as a priority in 2017.
Trent Johnson (pictured), an accredited injury compensation specialist and a director of Brisbane firm Bennett & Philp Lawyers, said despite Queensland recently removing the time limit for childhood victims of sexual abuse to claim compensation for their injuries, the state’s system is still “flawed”.
This comes after the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse recommended that the various state and territory governments abolish their respective time limits for claims by victims of childhood abuse.
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