Law firm sued for alleged negligent advice short-changing sex abuse victim Warrnambool’s leading law firm is being sued in the Supreme Court for allegedly providing negligent advice, which resulted in a clergy sex assault victim getting a potentially reduced payout. Lawyers Arnold Thomas & Becker have initiated legal action in the Victorian Supreme Court, seeking […]
Box Hill Hospital forced to pay traumatised nurse almost $500k after she was beaten by patient A major hospital has been forced to pay a traumatised nurse almost half a million dollars after she was locked inside a room with a notoriously violent patient, who repeatedly beat her while hidden from view. Elly, not her […]
Nurse allegedly sexually assaulted at aged care facility in Templestowe A registered nurse has spoken of her harrowing ordeal after she was allegedly sexually assaulted by a colleague while helping an elderly patient at an aged care facility in Templestowe. Our client, who asked not to be named, was working a shift at Newmans on […]
Former ward of the state launches fresh legal action over Christian Brothers conduct The Christian Brothers are facing fresh legal action amid claims it permitted a culture of sexual abuse at a notorious Geelong orphanage. Former ward of the state, John, not his real name, is suing the congregation alleging he was subject to vile […]
The Victorian schools being sued over historical sex abuse claims A convicted killer is suing his old Melbourne Catholic school, alleging sexual abuse he suffered there as a teenager set him on a path to a life of crime. The case is part of a wave of hundreds of actions against Victorian schools over historical […]
Former Warrnambool schoolboy launches fresh legal action over Christian Brothers conduct A former Warrnambool schoolboy has launched fresh legal action against the Christian Brothers alleging a school headmaster was negligent in failing to report child sex abuse. The victim, Andrew, not his real name, was sexually abused by John Laidlaw when he was a teacher […]
Pedophile Coogan’s trail of victims are still seeking redress A notorious pedophile priest and teacher moved from school to school across Geelong for over two decades, it has been revealed, with some victims launching a fresh fight for compensation. John Patrick “Jack” Coogan was a physical education teacher who abused schoolboys from as early as […]
‘Outrageous’: Elite Geelong school encourages alumni to support abuse victims with cash A Geelong Grammar scheme asking past pupils to provide money and support to the wealthy school’s abuse survivors has been labelled “outrageous” by Arnold Thomas & Becker lawyer Jodie Harris. Healing and Hope is an organisation established in 2022 by Geelong Grammar’s Survivor […]
The Catholic Church said an abuse victim deserved $250,000. A jury gave him $3 million A Victorian jury has delivered a stinging rebuke to the Catholic Church, awarding $3.3 million to the victim of a notorious paedophile after the church argued compensation should be only $250,000. The Supreme Court case is the first time a […]
Survivors of paedophiles working at Launceston General Hospital receive $7.85 million compensation Survivors of alleged historical child sexual abuse at a Tasmanian hospital have received a combined $7.85 million settlement, with one claimant saying that while no money could remedy the abuse, it was “life-changing”. Law firm Arnold Thomas and Becker has resolved five claims […]