Victims of sexual abuse may be able to sue their attackers after many years, following a ruling by the Law Lords. They ruled a convicted rapist, Iowarth Hoare, who later won £7m on the National Lottery could be sued by his victim – even though her claim was outside a six-year deadline.
The case has much wider implications than just the pursuit of an individual abuser for all child abuse cases. See other publication’s stories about the same case below:-
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