Personal Injury What is false imprisonment?An individual does not have to be physically restrained or prevented from leaving a location. The threat or implication of force is enough. Importantly, there does not need to be an intention to create a fear of violence.
Call for Witnesses Barkers Vale Public School Child Abuse – A Call for WitnessesSeeking information from anyone who attended Barkers Vale Public School in Wadeville, New South Wales, between 1970 and 1972, or anyone who possesses information regarding the school’s former principal, “Eric Engleman.”
Personal Injury On GLJ v The Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church[2023] HCA 32 Date of Hearing: 8 June 2023 Date of Judgment: 1 November 2023 S150/2022 Orders Appeal allowed. Set aside orders 3-5 made by…
Personal Injury The Ruling: GLJ vs The Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of LismoreHIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA KIEFEL CJ, GAGELER, STEWARD, GLEESON AND JAGOT JJ GLJ APPELLANT AND THE TRUSTEES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR THE DIOCESE…
Call for Witnesses Father Vincent Kiss, Wagga Wagga – Call For WitnessesKoffels Solicitors and Barristers recently secured a significant legal victory in a case against the Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga on behalf of a survivor who endured sexual abuse at the hands of Father Vincent Kiss.
Call for Witnesses Call for Witnesses: The Bayswater Boys Home Child AbuseKoffels Solicitors and Barristers are reaching out to anyone who attended the Bayswater Boys Home in The Basin, Bayswater, Victoria, between 1970 and 1975. We are also seeking information about a Salvation Army staff member known as “Big Harry.”
Call for Witnesses Child Abuse by Brother Geoffrey at St Gregory’s College Campbelltown – Call for WitnessesKoffels historical institutional abuse team are seeking witnesses to possible child sexual abuse by a “Brother Geoffrey” who taught at St Gregory’s College Campbelltown between at least 1990–1991.
Call for Witnesses John Beckett – Scouts NSW – A Call for WitnessesKoffels Solicitors & Barristers are seeking witnesses who could provide any information on John Beckett and his involvement in Scouts NSW pertaining to child sexual abuse.
Call for Witnesses Trevor Halse – Scout Leader – A Call For WitnessesWe are looking for witnesses who could provide any information on Trevor Halse, who we understand was a volunteer Scout Master in Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales, over the period from 1961 to 2015
