Personal Injury Brother Geoffrey “Coman” Sykes -Parramatta Marist High School Child Abuse At the heart of Parramatta Marist High School’s dark history lies the troubling saga of Brother Geoffrey “Coman” Sykes.
Personal Injury Brother Evans and Brother Roberts: Child Abuse at Edmund Rice College Edmund Rice College in Wollongong has a storied history, first established as Christian Brothers’ College in 1926. Unfortunately, this legacy is also marked by grave allegations of child sexual abuse.
Personal Injury Marist College Ashgrove and the Legacy of Unaddressed Abuse The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse cast a revealing light on a series of troubling incidents at Marist College Ashgrove, a notable private school in Brisbane, Queensland.
Personal Injury What Can You Do If Your Abuser Is Dead? Compensation In Australian Law In cases where the perpetrator of child abuse is dead, the path to legal redress is fraught with challenges and requires a nuanced approach – but the path does exist.
Personal Injury NSW State Government Response to High Court Ruling on GLJ On Wednesday 22nd November 2023, the NSW State government provided a response to the High Court decision in GLJ. The Government welcomed the decision and…
Personal Injury Call for Witnesses: The Bayswater Boys Home Child Abuse Koffels 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.”
Personal Injury Father Vincent Ryan’s child-sex crimes Father Vincent Ryan famously became the first Catholic priest in the Newcastle, NSW region to be charged with child sexual abuses across the diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.
Personal Injury Catholic Church’s Vicarious Liability for Child Sexual Abuse On April 3, 2023, the Supreme Court of Victoria upheld the right of a survivor of child sexual abuse to hold the church accountable and seek compensation for the abuse committed by a paedophile priest.
Personal Injury Betrayal of Trust: The Shocking Child Sexual Abuse at BoysTown, Queensland Numerous incidents of sexual abuse of boys by staff members at BoysTown School, now known as The Southport School have been uncovered, spanning several decades.