Peta was assaulted by her ex. A safety device was supposed to keep her safe A woman who was violently attacked for five hours by her former partner is suing the supplier of a personal safety device and a security firm which failed to alert police despite her repeated requests to “please help me”. The […]
Injured passengers could be entitled to payout following horror Singapore Airlines flight Passengers injured in the deadly Singapore Airlines flight could each receive more than a quarter of a million dollars in compensation, said Arnold Thomas & Becker lawyer, Sara Kaurin. Singapore Airlines Flight SQ321, bound for Singapore from London, was forced to make an […]
Victorian Education Department refused to sack sexually abusive teacher at Macleod High School, memoir alleges The Victorian Education Department sent unqualified teachers into classrooms in the 1960s and then failed to sack them following reports they were sexually abusing their students, according to recently discovered documents. In an unpublished memoir obtained by ABC Investigations, former […]
Arnold Thomas & Becker launches class action against Knowmore Legal Service Arnold Thomas & Becker has launched a class action against Knowmore Legal Service, with sexual abuse survivors alleging the service encouraged them to accept compensation payments that were lower than what they could have received. The trauma Brian suffered from child sexual abuse impacted […]
Legal service accused of failing to encourage sex abuse victims to seek civil action Thousands of child sex assault victims Australia-wide may have been short-changed millions of dollars through the Commonwealth’s national redress scheme due to inadequate legal advice, according to a fresh class action that’s hit court. Knowmore Legal Service, which operates in every […]
Call for urgent reform after High Court ruling blocks claims from 100s of abuse survivors Thousands of historic child abuse claims against churches, schools, volunteer groups and sporting bodies are at a “dead end” following a landmark High Court ruling limiting legal liability, lawyers warn. Federal and state attorneys-general are considering legal changes to protect […]
Victim of pedophile teacher Darrell Ray details shocking historic child sex abuse allegations Fresh testimony from a victim-survivor of child sexual abuse at a state government school has alleged the Department of Education grossly failed in its duty to protect children from a notorious pedophile teacher. Our client, a former student, who attended Tucker Road […]
Former Sydney Swans coach sued over shock sexual abuse claims A promising young footballer robbed of the chance to play AFL is suing the Sydney Swans after he alleges he was sexually abused by his development coach over a traumatic two-year period. Thomas Marino (not his real name) was only a boy when Mark Heaney, […]
Sydney Swans sued after coach Mark Heaney sexually abuses junior player The Sydney Swans are embroiled in a multimillion-dollar legal battle over the sexual grooming of a promising young player by a coach, while the boy’s father claims the club “brushed the abuse under the carpet”. Our client, the young player’s father, is suing the […]
Abuse survivor’s mum warned school of pedophile’s conduct but was told not to worry The mother of a boy abused by pedophile principal Ian Perry at a school near Colac wrote to the Education Department expressing concern over his “inappropriate behaviour” but was told not to worry. Janet Smythe, not her real name, wrote a […]