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| 14 November 2000 |
| A long wait for victims of abuse |
 The law stands in the way of successful compensation claims against institutions, says Roger Dobson.
More than 2,000 people have now begun proceedings for compensation for the abuse they suffered while in care in England and Wales. Most of them are young men, many have been pursuing claims for longer than five years and almost all of them involve allegations of sexual or physical abuse in care more than ten years ago.
This article features an interview in the Times of Peter Garsden the press officer of ACAL......read
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