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Anonymous ID: ad7919 Jan. 3, 2019, 7:07 p.m. No.4588208   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8652 >>8851

…news down under…

 

‘Ellis defence’ will no longer block victims from suing churches, other organisations for child sex offences

 

Victims of child sex abuse in NSW can now sue the church after the state government removed a legal roadblock used by institutions to avoid compensating survivors.

 

From January 1 churches will no longer be able to use the “Ellis defence” as a way of avoiding paying compensation to victims.

 

In 2007 former altar boy John Ellis lost a landmark civil action against the Catholic Church over child sex abuse after it successfully argued it had no “legal personality” and was not a proper defendant.

Mr Ellis is relieved survivors will now be able to “hold institutions to account”.

 

“We are now going to see a pathway to justice for survivors of abuse that they haven’t had in the past,” Mr Ellis told AAP.

 

“It’s been a long, long battle,” Mr Ellis said.

 

Removing the legal defence was a recommendation of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse.

 

NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman said the changes to the law meant all survivors of child sex abuse had the same access to compensation through civil litigation — no matter the organisation responsible…..more to read….

 

https://www.news.com.au/national/courts-law/ellis-defence-will-no-longer-block-victims-from-suing-churches-other-organisations-for-child-sex-offences/news-story/bf6ba69e51a8bcd3303a5b6da8129084

Anonymous ID: ad7919 Jan. 3, 2019, 7:17 p.m. No.4588331   🗄️.is 🔗kun

back burner thoughts…NEW ZEALAND…could be nothing…

 

A test for receiving a civil defence emergency alert was picked up by 60 per cent of New Zealanders - almost twice as much coverage as the previous test.

 

It was carried out on November 25 last year, and this morning Civil Defence Minister Kris Faafoi released the results of the test.

 

He said 60 per cent of cellphones - or about 3.6 million phones - received the warning, up from 34 per cent from the test in November 2017.

 

"We know from international experience that once you hit about 70 per cent penetration, a critical mass is achieved in which you generate word of mouth that quickly spreads to just about everyone," Faafoi said.

 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12185611