Running a Civil Claim for Institutional Abuse Matter 2017

Topics

• Locating Records from State and Non-Government Institutions
  • The research and discovery process
  • The out of home `care` landscape in 20th century Australia and how it impacts records
  • Trauma and the impact of records and records release on care leavers and practitioners
• Mandatory Reporting Requirements
  • Current mandatory reporting rules in QLD
  • History of mandatory reporting rules
  • Future developments: calls to expand `mandatory reporters`
  • How mandatory reporting rules are applicable to civil claims
• Assessing Economic Loss for Historical Abuse Cases
  • Determining notional and actual earnings: sources of information
  • The general approach
  • Superannuation: statutory regime and occupational schemes
  • Other issues to consider
• Establishing Vicarious Liability: An Analysis of Prince Alfred College and Related Concepts
  • Understanding institutional and clerical structures
  • When an institution will be vicariously liable for sexual abuse