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The Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle has launched an appeal against a landmark ruling that found it directly and vicariously liable for the sexual abuse of…

The High Court today has delivered a catastrophic blow to all victims of childhood sexual abuse by religious clergy, brethren, and volunteers such as Scouts Australia and Surf Lifesaving clubs.

The Redress Scheme for victims of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse seemed like a worthy attempt to provide compensation to victims on a fairly simplistic basis of one-off payments. Time has shown us however, that this apparent largesse on behalf of the participating institutions is not all it was purported to be. While for those for whom there is no other avenue to seek monetary compensation, it may hold some small benefit, but for those with claimable actions, nothing could be further from the truth.

On 5 October 2018, the Supreme Court of New South Wales entered Judgment in favour of a Plaintiff who was the victim of child sexual abuse in…

Bullying In Equestrian Sport Whether physical, verbal, social or online, bullying causes real harm to those targeted and significantly affects well being. It can occur…

Careful structuring key to international joint venture success Research shows that joint ventures grow at twice the rate of mergers and acquisitions – here’s how…