Explores liability outcomes in historical child abuse cases, suggesting improved victim compensation rights.
On 11 February 2026, some 14 months after Bird v DP (a pseudonym) was handed down, the High Court revisited key questions of liability in historical child abuse cases in AA v Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle . These two cases intersect in critical ways, revealing intellectual legal preferences for the determination of liability in this area and have had a significant impact (directly or indirectly) improving the rights of institutional child abuse victims to compensation.
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