Royle, Richard; Blacker, Wendy; Connor, Laoise O; Hogan-Ross, Kerry --- "ADR in historical sexual abuse cases" [2017] PrecedentAULA 48; (2017) 141 Precedent 41

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ADR IN HISTORICAL SEXUAL ABUSE CASES

By Richard Royle, Wendy Blacker and Kerry Hogan-Ross

Historical sexual abuse cases raise many complex legal and evidentiary issues in both criminal and tort law. In such cases, the less traditional, non-adversarial approach of mediation can offer a more transparent and collaborative alternative to litigation, which can be prolonged, costly and risks re-traumatising survivors of child sexual abuse. The next three articles, by Richard Royle, Wendy Blacker, Laoise O Connor and Kerry Hogan-Ross, examine mediation in such cases from the plaintiffs’, defendants’ and mediators’ perspectives respectively.