“Consent is a controversial defence to civil claims for damages for child abuse but it continues to be deployed by defendants intermittently and the question of consent has been considered in a number of reported cases since 2018. This article examines the current state of the law in relation to the defence of consent in civil claims, and also considers the current approach to consent in CICA claims and whether further reform is necessary …”
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Kim Harrison and Richard Scorer, ‘Examining consent’ [2021] Journal of Personal Injury Law (4) 189-198.
First posted 2021-12-01 14:50:54
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