Reparation for non-recent institutional child sexual abuse in England and Wales

Paula Giliker from Bristol University will talk about her recent research on reparation for non-recent child sexual abuse and the mechanisms we use in private law and via state-based compensation funds to deal with this. Her project compares the position in Australia (where measures have been introduced) with England and Wales (where the UK government is consulting on measures and the law of tort has intervened). She argues that there are urgent lessons that the UK government should learn from the Australian experience in establishing a redress scheme and that legislation on limitation periods, the burden of proof, apologies and suing unincorporated associations can assist claimants. She will also argue that there are lessons that private law can learn from State-based redress schemes in seeking to provide remedies that meet the distinctive needs of victims and survivors of child sexual abuse.