Arnold Thomas & Becker is preparing to launch legal action against childcare giant G8 Education on behalf of families whose children were allegedly sexually abused by accused paedophile Joshua Dale Brown.

It comes as police last week identified four new childcare centres where Mr Brown worked – Arnold Thomas & Becker is representing multiple families from three of the four identified centres

Principal lawyer Jodie Harris at Arnold Thomas and Becker is preparing three separate suits for the parents for damages against Creative Garden Early Learning Centre Point Cook, where the abuse is alleged to have occurred.

“Steps are being taken on behalf of some of those families of the eight. There will be legal action pretty immediately. The level of trauma has been quite intense,” Ms Harris said.

More than 250 families, whose children attended the centres where Mr Brown, 26, worked, have now approached Arnold Thomas and Becker, which is still receiving at least half a dozen calls per day for parents looking at their legal options.

The firm held an information session for about 200 families this week, most of whom had their children tested for infectious diseases amid fears of possible exposure.

Mr Brown was employed by 23 childcare centres between January 2017 and May 2025.

“The parents are really struggling,” Ms Harris said.

“You could really see the scale of the impact that one person has had (in that room) … Some are not able to return to work. Time will tell whether that will change, or whether they will need to look at what their options are if they are not able to continue their employment.”

“Some (can’t return to work) because they can’t entrust their kids to someone else. They’re feeling a bit of guilt.”

Ms Harris said most of the children were testing negative but many parents were dealing with an element of “not knowing”.

The claims will likely be lodged in the Victorian Supreme Court.

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