Institutional Liability for Historical Child Abuse in Australia

Institutional Liability for Historical Child Abuse in Australia serves as a central resource and authoritative text for practitioners, students and those with an interest in litigation involving historical child abuse. With nearly a decade having passed since delivery of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse’s Redress and Civil Litigation Report in 2015, this work comprehensively considers the legal developments involving civil law claims arising from historical abuse Australia’s institutions.

This book systematically analyses both the legal principles and practice considerations of relevance.